What is recorded here
Situated on natural hillock in undulating grassland with good views especially to W where it overlooks Killua Castle and St Lucy's Well (WM009-008----) 616m and 471m to the NW respectively. Large irregular-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 87m NE-SW; 60m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank and waterlogged fosse or drain, except…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM009-043001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, castlesandfamilies.com
- Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
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- Maker not stated on source page, theirishaesthete.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irishcentral.com
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- surrealpenguin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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