
What is recorded here
The site of an early church that became the parish church of Knock (ME012-033----) is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 52m E-W; c. 46m N-S). The cross (ME012-033002-), font (ME012-033003-) and bullaun stone (ME012-033005-) are in the graveyard. Archaeological testing (00E0528) by I. Russell c. 60m to the NW produced no related material (excavations.ie 2000:747) (Russell 2000).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 May, 2014
Amended: 18 August, 2014; 16 February 2021; 1 August 2023
Early medieval Christian burial ground associated with a parish church; significant as a site of long-term religious and community activity in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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