What is recorded here
On top of a low hill, approached by laneway from N; roughly circular graveyard (diam. c. 60m), still in occasional use. Earliest headstones date from 1720s; headstone dated 1724 decorated with earliest recorded 'Heart motif' in Imokilly, another dated 1733 bears earliest recorded 'Whirls' in same area (O'Shea 1988, 70 & 75). No visible surface remains of Kilmacdonagh parish church (CO078-004002-), shown as rectangular structure on 1842 OS 6-inch map, but marked 'site of' on later editions of map; it was in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 268).
On top of a low hill, approached by laneway from N; roughly circular graveyard (diam. c. 60m), still in occasional use. Earliest headstones date from 1720s; headstone dated 1724 decorated with earliest recorded 'Heart motif' in Imokilly, another dated 1733 bears earliest recorded 'Whirls' in same area (O'Shea 1988, 70 & 75). No visible surface remains of Kilmacdonagh parish church (CO078-004002-), shown as…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO078-004001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Towel401, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Robert Ashby, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Raul Corral, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- john berry, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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