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Graveyard in Killappoge

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What is recorded here

There is no evidence of burial at the church site (RO010-062001-), although a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 30m N-S), of which nothing is now visible, is marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and human bones and copper ornaments were found there c. 1860 (OS Name Book).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO010-062002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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