Graveyard in Kilturra, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

A rectangular graveyard (51m E-W; 32m N-S), raised 0.5-1.2m above the external ground level. It contains a large number of uninscribed grave-markers and 19th- and 20th-century headstones. The earliest headstones have been recorded as 1771 (O'Rorke [1889], vol. 2, 196) and 1761 (Anon. 1892-4, 200). Fragmentary foundations of Kilturra parish church (SL038-121001-) are in the centre. There is a recent extension (81m E-W; 38.5m N-S) on the W side. Fragments of a cross-slab (SL038-121003-) and of a quernstone, which were found here, are in the NMI (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL038-121002

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Eamonn McMunn / Sligo GAA (credit visible on photograph), www.sligogaa.ie
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