Grave Yard

Situated on a steep SW facing hillside, in rough mountainous terrain. This children’s burial ground is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as ‘Grave Yard’ and on the 1921 edition as ‘Grave Yd. (Disused)’. It consists of roughly triangular-shaped area (14.3m NE-SW; 12.3m NW-SE) bordered by field boundaries from WSW−ESE and by a stream from ESE−S. In the interior there is a crude altar (027-001002-) at the NNW, and numerous graves marked by slabs, boulders and roughly square stone settings. Aldridge (1969, 86) noted a cross-inscribed stone (MA027-001003-) on the altar. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy and Paddy O’Donovan Date of upload: 12 December 2017

A local ancient tomb; wider significance not recorded.