Graveyard in Oldkilcullen, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

On a moderately steep-sided hilltop (OD c. 150m), on the site of an Early Christian monastery (KD028-049001-) and later, medieval borough (KD028-049----). A subrectangular area (c. 75m E-W; c. 40m N-S) is enclosed by a stone wall and accessed through a gate at the NW corner. Legible grave markers date from the 18th-century to the present. The interior contains a ruined medieval church (KD028-049005-), a round tower (KD028-049006-), and fragments of three High crosses (KD028-049002-, KD028-049003- and KD028-049004-) (Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 4, 391) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 17 May 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD028-049011

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