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Just below the brow of an E-facing slope, surrounded by pasture. The medieval church (KK025-038009-) of Ullard occupies much of the centre of the graveyard. A handball alley, which appears to be indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. 6-inch OS map, was built onto the E end of the church, occupying most of the graveyard E of…

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Just below the brow of an E-facing slope, surrounded by pasture. The medieval church (KK025-038009-) of Ullard occupies much of the centre of the graveyard. A handball alley, which appears to be indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. 6-inch OS map, was built onto the E end of the church, occupying most of the graveyard E of the church. There is a high cross (KK025-038002-) immediately SE of the handball alley and a cross-slab (KK025-038011-) within the graveyard S of the W end of the church. The graveyard, enclosed by a stone wall composed of rough granite boulders, is roughly rectangular in shape (dims. c. 50m NE-SW), it is widest at the SW end (Wth c. 31m), tapering towards the NE (Wth c. 15m). Most of the headstones in the graveyard, which date from the 18th century onwards, are located S and W of the church. The graveyard is still used for burials. Outside the graveyard there are two bullaun stones (KK025-038006-; KK025-038008-) 50m to N and 52m to the NNW respectively and a holy well (KK025-038003-) 70m to the N. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 15 February 2017

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK025-038009

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  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Rasbak, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church (in ruins)Church · 9 yd

Explorer Tom Church in Ullard has a handball alley built right into its side, which is a bit cheeky for a sacred site. It’s probably secretly proud of that one potato growing near the holy well. Best enjoyed with a bag of chips and no plans.

Font in UllardFont · 23 yd

Explorer Tom Font in Ullard has a twin across the sea that never writes back. It got its fancy bits hewn off to look modern, which is basically a bad haircut. Look for the ghost, then pretend you didn't.

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Explorer Tom Stone Cross in Ullard is doing a bit of David Beckham these days. Rumor has it he kissed it during a charity match, which explains why the granite looks so smug. Grand place for a sulk or a snog, your call.

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