Graveyard in Agharra, County Longford

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What is recorded here

On a gentle SE-facing slope. Associated with a church (LF024-007001-) that is located in its E half. This small, rectangular graveyard (54m E-W; 28m N-S) is enclosed by a 19th-century stone wall and contains memorials dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Access is via a wrought-iron gate and a stile in the centre of the W wall. It is no longer in use. (ITA Survey 1944; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF024-007002

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