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Graveyard in Granard

Graveyard

What is recorded here

Associated with a church (LF010-055001-), which lies in its N half. This subrectangular graveyard (71m N-S; 70m E-W) is enclosed by a stone wall. Access is via a wrought-iron gate in the SE corner. Memorials date to the 18th and 19th centuries.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF010-055002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • 2ManyCats4Me, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Granard Motte.png : Smcq Derivative work: Hogweard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Charles T. G. Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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