Graveyard in Killallaghtan, County Galway

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

This graveyard (c. 80m ENE-WSW; c. 65m NNW-SSE), roughly trapezoidal in plan, is associated with a church (GA099-114001-). It is delimited by a stone wall and access is through a gateway in the W wall. It has been extended towards the NW and the line of the earlier N wall has been removed but its line is still discernible. The majority of the graveslabs in the older S part of the graveyard date to the 18th and 20th centuries and a number of worked stones from the church have been reused in this section as grave-markers.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA099-114002

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