Graveyard, burial ground in County Westmeath (WM038-017002-)

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What is recorded here

Nothing remains today except the disused graveyard located on a knoll 330m south-west of the market square in the town of Kilbeggan (WM038-017----) which probably also marks the site of St Beagán's church (WM038-017001-) (Bradley et. al. 1985, 103-04). The Urban Survey suggested that the church of St Beagán was located in or beside the old graveyard south-west of the town but definite evidence can only be obtained by archaeological excavation (ibid. 104). In 2003 a geophysical survey carried out by GeoArc Ltd revealed the sub-surface footprint of the levelled Cistercian abbey (WM038-017007-) in the field immediately to the W of the graveyard (Hayden 2006, 522).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM038-017002

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