Graveyard in Kilmacowen, County Sligo

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Located in a natural depression of lowlying ground, enclosed at N–SE by rising ground; to S and W is a flat expanse of damp pasture. Subrectangular area (c. 75 E–W; c. 55m N–S) enclosed by a mortared stone wall with an entrance gate at the N end of the E wall. The graveyard is on a slight S-facing incline and the level central area appears slightly raised and is defined by a scarp (H c. 0.8m) which extends E–W through the S half of the graveyard. There are a ruined medieval church (SL020-054001-) and a cross-slab (SL020-054005-) in the W half. The greatest density of graves is on the level central area and around and within the ruined church. The majority of the graves are marked by 19th and 20th century headstones, many at the head of rectangular plots enclosed by low concrete surrounds. There are a few table-tombs and chest-tombs. Low, uninscribed stone grave-markers are also evident, with the greatest concentration immediately to N of the church. There are yew trees growing in the centre of the graveyard, and beech trees, planted in the 19th-century, line the perimeter. Two breaks in the W wall lead into a later rectangular walled extension (c. 70m E–W; c. 45m N–S) which extends to W incorporating gently rising ground. A saint’s stone (SL020-054003-) and a holy well (SL020-054004-) are located c. 30m to N of the NE end of the graveyard.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL020-054002

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