Graveyard in Kilquade, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated in gently undulating terrain. Traditionally the site of an early foundation on which now stands a 19th-century church. There are no pre-19th-century headstones. Part of a granite font with a five-sided recess into which a circular bowl is cut (diam. 0.32m; D 0.23m) stands just outside the main door. (ITA Files 1942) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI013-021002

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