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Graveyard in Ballymaglassan

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Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape. The site of the medieval parish church of Ballymaglassan (ME050-002----), of which there is no physical trace, is within a D-shaped graveyard (max. dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls with the straight sides at NE and SE. The headstones date from c. 1780 to c. 1930.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME050-002001

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