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Undivided church (LA004-004-) in fair condition situated on raised area close to river Barrow in NE quadrant of rectangular shaped graveyard. Rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 38m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall as indicated on current ed OS 6-inch map. Church located in NE quadrant of graveyard.…

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Undivided church (LA004-004-) in fair condition situated on raised area close to river Barrow in NE quadrant of rectangular shaped graveyard. Rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 38m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall as indicated on current ed OS 6-inch map. Church located in NE quadrant of graveyard. Graveyard contains 18th and 19th century memorials with a concentration of memorials inside and around the S , and W sides of the church. The graveyard is entered through a small gateway located off centre to S in the E wall near the SE angle of the graveyard. Beside this gateway to the S there is a stone stile. There is narrow gravelled pathway running E-W across the graveyard directly inside the gateway.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA004-004001

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