What is recorded here
On a W-facing slope with a views limited to the W-N. A medieval church (KK027-046001-) is centrally placed within this small raised roughly oval-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 48m NE-SW; c. 28m NW-SE). It is enclosed by a stone wall and entered at the S end of the W side. The E end of the graveyard is considerably lower suggesting that it was dug out at some time. There are several burials in the interior, including a medieval graveslab (KK027-046003-) in the E portion of the graveyard. In the early 19th century the OS Letters (1839) it is described as, ‘an unfrequented burying ground attached’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 283 (95-6)).
On a W-facing slope with a views limited to the W-N. A medieval church (KK027-046001-) is centrally placed within this small raised roughly oval-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 48m NE-SW; c. 28m NW-SE). It is enclosed by a stone wall and entered at the S end of the W side. The E end of the graveyard is considerably lower suggesting that it was dug out at some time. There are several burials in the interior, including…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK027-046002
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