What is recorded here

Grave Yard stands on the south bank of the River Liffey in County Kildare, holding hundreds of years of buried life inside a rough stone wall. A gravel path circles the higher ground where most stones rise, while a broken church wall and an effigial tomb mark older layers beneath the nineteenth and twentieth-century names. The river still moves past the gates, carrying rain and memory toward the sea.

Near the S bank of the River Liffey, and the site of ‘New Abbey’ (KD028-040----). A large roughly rectangular area (c. 100m E-W; c. 90m N-S) is enclosed by a roughly coursed stone wall (H c. 1.5m) facing an earthen bank, with gates towards the N end of the W side. A gravel path skirts the interior, with the burial area on slightly higher ground inside. Most gravestones date from 19th and 20th-century, with modern burials to the E. The graveyard contains an effigial tomb (KD028-040002-), while portion of a wall (3m E-W; H 1m) in the NW sector is the remains of a 19th-century church. (http://www.kildare.co/Graveyard-Details.asp?ID=K123 Accessed 18-02-2013) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18 February 2013

A large prehistoric enclosure, possibly a ceremonial or funerary site, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age; its significance lies in its association with early monastic sites and potential ritual use along the River Liffey.

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