Graveyard in Townparks, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Located 145m N of the market square in the village of Castlepollard. Large rectangular shaped graveyard (95m N-S; 70m E-W) known locally as Killefree Graveyard with ruins of a medieval church (WM003-096---) in NW quadrant. The graveyard is enclosed by a post-medieval stone wall with entrance gate at SW and NW angles. Graveyard contains memorials mainly dating from the post-medieval period onwards.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM003-096001

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jay G Forde, www.westmeathexaminer.ie
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Steve & Jemma Copley on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5

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