Graveyard in Killarechurch, County Westmeath

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On a low rise of ground in undulating countryside. Nearby monuments include, Anglo-Norman motte castle (WM024-053----) 230m to N, ringfort (WM024-055----) 160m to SSE, ringfort (WM024-052----) 520m to W, St. Bridget’s Church (WM024-054001-) and holy well (WM024-054002-) 290m to NW, site of stone castle (WM024-049003-) 450m to NNW. Ruins of a rectangular church (WM024-057----) possibly dedicated to St. Aodh/Hugh standing in the N quadrant of a rectangular-shaped graveyard (dims. 65m N-S; 60m E-W) defined by a stone wall. The graveyard contains post-medieval gravestones several of which are located inside the church ruins. There are the remains of two buildings in the graveyard to the S and SW of the church as depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. One of these buildings was probably a private family burial vault in the SW quadrant of the graveyard is aligned E-W and is divided into two chambers, the E chamber measures 6m N-S x 4m E-W, the W chamber measures 6m N-S x 4m E-W. A wall runs N off the NW angle of this building. A 19th century mausoleum (dims. 5m N-S x 6m E-W) belonging to the Nugent family of Ballinacor is located in the SE corner of the graveyard. A plaque on the building records that this tomb was erected by John Nugent of Rosemount in memory of his wife Anna Mary who died 22 Feb. 1876. A yew-lined avenue or walkway running E-W and leading up to this mausoleum can still be seen running parallel to the S wall of the graveyard.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM024-057001

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