Graveyard in Kilcaimin, County Galway

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What is recorded here

This irregularly shaped graveyard (c. 60m NE-SE; c. 58m NW-SE), which is still in use, is associated with a medieval church (GA095-051----) that occupies its NW corner. It is enclosed by a stone wall and access is gained at SE. Most of the headstones are modern but the earliest noted dated to 1681. One unusual grave-marker consists of a slab with a rounded head bearing a Maltese cross.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA095-051001

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