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Graveyard in Mornington

Graveyard
Graveyard in Mornington
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Situated on a bluff overlooking the estuary of the SW-NE River Boyne with its tidal mud-flats immediately to the N and the canalised river c. 300m distant. The S-N Colpe stream enters the Boyne c. 100m to the W. The parish church of Mornington (ME021-001001-) is at the SW end of a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 75m NE SW; c. 25m NW SE at SW to c. 40m NW SE at NE) defined by masonry walls. The chest tomb (ME021-001003-) is within the area of the church.
Situated on a bluff overlooking the estuary of the SW-NE River Boyne with its tidal mud-flats immediately to the N and the canalised river c. 300m distant. The S-N Colpe stream enters the Boyne c. 100m to the W. The parish church of Mornington (ME021-001001-) is at the SW end of a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 75m NE SW; c. 25m NW SE at SW to c. 40m NW SE at NE) defined by masonry walls. The chest tomb…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME021-001002

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