Graveyard in Ballynakill, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

A trapezoidal graveyard (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW at NW end; c. 50m NE-SW at SE end) enclosed by a stone wall. It was extended c. 25m to the NW prior to 1894 and quernstones found here are in the NMI (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). A small walled-off area against the W wall is the burial place of the Cogan family. The fragmentary remains of the medieval parish church of Ballynakill (SL027-094001-) are in the centre of the interior. It has been noted that the memorials are arranged in an arc in the SE quadrant, perhaps indicating the former existence of a curved enclosing element around the graveyard (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL027-094002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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