Graveyard in Tyrrellstown, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

On a low, narrow N-S ridge bordering the E bank of the River Barrow. A trapeziodal shaped area (dims. L c. 70m NW-SE; Wth at NW c. 50m; Wth at SE c. 25m) enclosed by a poorly preserved stone wall. Legible gravestones date from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The interior contains a church (KD035-003001-), a holy well (KD035-003002-) and a holy tree (KD035-003004-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD035-003003

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