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Graveyard in Killowen

Graveyard
Graveyard in Killowen
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On the S side of a road c. 1 km NE of Kenmare town. A rectangular area (c. 70m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) bounded by a stone wall is named 'Burial Ground' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. The earliest gravestones noted date to the late 18th-century; it is still in use. The ruin of a Church of Ireland church (KE093-115001-) lies in the N half.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-115002

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; dalvenjah on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Espresso Addict, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ulrich Hartmann, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Nunulark, Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Angela Herlihy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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