What is recorded here
On very high ground overlooking valley. St. Colman Ban may have founded an early church here. He is commemorated on the 19th October (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 244-5). A late medieval church (LA018-002-) with divided nave and chancel built with rough limestone blocks randomly coursed. All visible headstones post date 1700 AD. Roughly D-shaped graveyard (int. dims. 35m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall containing post 1700 AD memorials. Church in centre of graveyard.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
A Neolithic or early Christian burial site, possibly associated with St. Colman Ban; its location suggests ritual or ecclesiastical significance in the early medieval period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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