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Graveyard in Gowran

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In the centre of Gowran, set back S of the Main Street. A rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 110m E-W; c. 50m N-S), enclosed by a stone wall, associated with the medieval parish church of St Mary (KK020-060006-). A rental account of Gowran which appears in the Calendar of Ormond Deeds c. 1550 mentions ‘the churchyard…

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In the centre of Gowran, set back S of the Main Street. A rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 110m E-W; c. 50m N-S), enclosed by a stone wall, associated with the medieval parish church of St Mary (KK020-060006-). A rental account of Gowran which appears in the Calendar of Ormond Deeds c. 1550 mentions ‘the churchyard gate’ (Curtis 1941, vol. 5, 46 (25)). White’s map of Gowran, 1710/11 suggests there was a lane running up to the graveyard from the main street and this is clearly shown on the 1st (1839) ed. OS map where the street front is occupied on either side of the lane by a row of houses which had disappeared by the 1900 revision. The lane is preserved as the stone lined avenue leading to the N side graveyard gate. A medieval college (KK020-060010-) to accommodate four priests/chaplains was located in the SE angle of the graveyard.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK020-060024

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