What is recorded here

Grave Yd. is a limestone-walled graveyard in County Limerick where the oldest visible stone marks 1863, though a faint inner scarp hints an earlier enclosure may have stood before it. The western half has been cleared to bare rock, leaving no markers at all, as if that section refused to be remembered or simply outlived its witnesses. The eastern quadrant still holds the remains of Ballynaclogh Church and a cluster of headstones stretching to 2006, suggesting the place never stopped receiving the dead. It sits on a gentle east-facing slope in pasture, entered by stone steps at the southeast, ordinary enough to overlook and old enough to trouble.

Located in pasture, on a gentle E-facing slope. Sub-rectangular area (dims. 38m N-S; 47m E-W) defined by mortared limestone wall (H 1.25-1.5m) to S (L 50m), W (L 40m) and N (L 44m) and stone-faced scarp (H 1.3m; L 33m) along roadside to E. Interior of graveyard uneven. Rectangular area (dims. 26m N-S; 25m E-W) in NE-quadrant defined by slight scarp (Wth 1.9m; H 0.5m) to S and W may indicate outline of an earlier enclosure. Remains of Ballynaclogh Church (LI024-077001-) in E quadrant and concentration of headstones within. Earliest headstone noted 1863 and most recent 2006. Rectangular area (dims. 38m N-S; 22m E-W) forming W-half of graveyard recently cleared back exposing rock outcrop; no headstones or gravemarkers noted. Accessed by gateway or stone steps to SE. Named 'Grave Yard' on current edition OS 6-inch map.

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