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Graveyard in Taghboy

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The parish church of Taghboy (RO044-079001-) is at the N edge of a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) with the straight side at N defined by masonry walls, which are on the remains of an earthen bank E-S. A shallow fosse (Wth of top 4-12m; D 0.2-0.9m) can be traced NE-S on the E side of a NNE-SSW public road, while traces of the bank can be detected W-NW, creating an ecclesiastical enclosure (RO044-079004-). the graveyard has been extended to the S (dims c. 75m NNE-SSW; c. 45m WNW-ESE).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO044-079002

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  • dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Brian Lawless / Sportsfile, as credited in the Ulster GAA caption, ulster.gaa.ie
  • AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kk, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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