Graveyard in Gernonstown, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Located on the outer edge of a shelf towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. The parish church of Gernonstown (ME019-006----) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 40m N-S). The font (ME019-006002-) that was in the graveyard is now outside the Roman Catholic church at Rushwee (ME019-118----), c. 1km to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of uplaod: 15 December, 2014

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME019-006001

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