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Graveyard in Aghanagh

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On the S side of a lane and on the N side of Ballinafad Bay, overlooking Lough Arrow to the E. The original graveyard was a rectangular area (50m E-W; 38m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall. The E wall, as shown on the 1914 OS 6-inch map, has been removed and the graveyard has been extended eastwards. The entrance is in…

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On the S side of a lane and on the N side of Ballinafad Bay, overlooking Lough Arrow to the E. The original graveyard was a rectangular area (50m E-W; 38m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall. The E wall, as shown on the 1914 OS 6-inch map, has been removed and the graveyard has been extended eastwards. The entrance is in the N wall. The interior is engulfed in long grass, though the extension to E is well maintained. The ruin of the late medieval parish church of Aghanagh (SL040-17101-) stands in the centre and there is also a cross-inscribed boulder (SL040-17108-). There are numerous 19th- and 20th-century headstones and low uninscribed grave-markers around and inside the church. The grave (SL040-171003-) of Captain St Barbe of Ballinafad Castle (SL040-189---), who was interred here in 1622 or 1628 (OSNB vol. 1, 56), could not be located. A rectangular enclosure (SL040-141---) which, according to local information, was used as a children's burial ground (SL040-14101-), is immediately to the N, on the opposite side of the road.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL040-171002

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  • Daniel Waters, Co. Sligo, Ireland from Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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