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In undulating countryside. Forestry to East. Majority of headstones are post 1700 AD. South of church numerous pieces of cut stone have been used as grave markers. Irregularly shaped graveyard (int. dims. 82m N-S; 45m E-W) enclosed by the demesne wall of Shaen House as indicated on current edition of the OS 6-inch…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA013-005002
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