What is recorded here

Grave Yard holds a medieval church and scattered stones beside the Poulacarran Valley, where a coffin may have rested before burial. People walked past that entrance for generations, carrying the dead into ground already marked by faith and memory. The valley wind still moves through the pasture, keeping company with whoever slept beneath those quiet stones.

In level pasture, just W of a steep slope overlooking the Poulacarran Valley to the E. Indicated and labelled 'Grave Yard' on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This well-maintained, sub-rectangular graveyard (c. 37m ENE-WSW; c. 30m NNW-SSE), is enclosed along the E, S and W by a double-faced drystone wall built of undressed stones, with a medieval church (CL009-075001-) forming the N limits. There is an entrance near the W end of the S wall incorporating a possible coffin-resting stone. The few, marked graves are located mostly to the S of the church and include both uninscribed and inscribed headstones, the latter dating to modern times. Large (2011) noted two architectural fragments in the graveyard: portion of a carved arch stone and a possible window jamb stone. A settlement cluster (CL009-075005-) lies immediately to the NW and there is an unclassified cairn (CL009-075003-) c. 60m to the SE. The following image has been uploaded: CL009-075002-_01 Possible coffin-resting stone at entrance to graveyard (Photo: Michael Houlihan) References Large, S. 2011 A church and graveyard survey in County Clare. Database and photographic record. Clare County Council. Clare Heritage Forum. The Heritage Council. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 11 August 2022

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