What is recorded here

Grave Yd. is a graveyard on a natural rise in County Offaly, Ireland, where a modern wall still surrounds the faint outline of a late medieval church. The preserved ogee window, worn bullaun stone and possible cross base suggest that people once came here to pray, mark death and remember the names now lost from the stones. Local tradition recorded by O'Flanagan in 1933 identified the site as the church of Finglas, giving the quiet field a older identity beneath its later headstones.

Situated on a natural rise of ground in undulating countryside. Present remains consist of a modern graveyard wall enclosing a square shaped area with the outline of a church (OF045-032001-) in the W sector. Architectural fragment consisting of an ogee headed window indicates late medieval date for church. Other fragments include a bullaun stone (OF045-032002-) with two shallow depressions on its upper surface and a large hollow depression on its underside. A roughly rectangular shaped stone with a hole which has a convex bulbous bottom. Possibly the base of a cross (OF045-032005-). Graveyard (OF045-032004-) contains 18/19th-century headstones. According to O' Flanagan (1933, vol. 2, 68) this site was known as the church of Finglas. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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