Graveyard in Jamestown, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope down to a SE-NW section of the River Shannon which is c. 50m to the NE and just outside the north gate of Jamestown (LE031-082001-). The parish church of Jamestown (LE031-082004-) is within a triangular graveyard (dims c.80m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE at NE) defined by masonry walls with the apex at SW where the only access from a public road is. The headstones are largely nineteenth century in date. Archaeological testing (97E0306) c. 60m to the W produced no related material (Ryan 1998) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 October, 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE031-082009

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