What is recorded here
Located on a slight rise on a S-facing slope. This is an early ecclesiastical site and the parish church of Lisgennan, or Grange (WA038-026002-), within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 65m E-W; c. 40-50m N-S) defined by earthen banks, stone-clad at the roadside at S. Archaeological testing (07E0408) in the vicinity failed to produce any related material (O'Carroll 2010).
O’Carroll, M.. (2010) Bawnagarrane. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 510, No. 1797. Wordwell. Dublin.
Date of upload: 11 November, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Early medieval ecclesiastical site and parish churchyard, likely 7th to 10th century. It represents a key component of early Christian settlement and religious practice in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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