Overview
Grave Yard — Kilgobbin is recorded as Graveyard in Dublin. Situated on top of a gravel ridge running E-W on the S side of Kilgobbin Lane, near Stepaside Village. 12th-century high cross (DU025-016011-) and bullaun stone (DU025-016012-) 15m to N of graveyard wall.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: A 19th century burial vault belonging to the family of John Richardson of Kilgobbin has been built into the NW face of the graveyard.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: c. 64m E-W x 26m N-S) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at N.
What was found
The saved account records: Situated on top of a gravel ridge running E-W on the S side of Kilgobbin Lane, near Stepaside Village.
What remains
The saved account records: 12th-century high cross (DU025-016011-) and bullaun stone (DU025-016012-) 15m to N of graveyard wall.
Why it mattered
Grave Yard — Kilgobbin matters because the source ties graveyard to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Kilgobbin church ruins (DU025-016001-) stands in the W quadrant of a long irregular shaped graveyard (dims.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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