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Situated in the S-N valley of the Curraghteskin stream at a point where smaller SE-NW stream joins it just to the S. The grass-covered remains of the E wall of a church (WA005-026001-) are within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 80m E-W; c. 45m N-S) which also contains an old school building and a small number of…

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Situated in the S-N valley of the Curraghteskin stream at a point where smaller SE-NW stream joins it just to the S. The grass-covered remains of the E wall of a church (WA005-026001-) are within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 80m E-W; c. 45m N-S) which also contains an old school building and a small number of headstones. The graveyard borders Castlereagh at E and S. A pebble with incised crosses was found in the graveyard (Lucas et al. 1972, 198-9). Archaeological testing c. 60m to the SW in Curraghateskin failed to produce any related material (Wren 2000b, P 292, No. 842). Wren, J. (2000b) Croughateskin (sic), Ballymacarbry: adjacent to church and graveyard. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 1999: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 292, No. 842. Wordwell. Bray.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA005-026002

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