Graveyard in Newhall, County Clare

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What is recorded here

Situated on a shelf overlooking the N shore of Killone Lough and only accessible by foot from gates c. 1km to N and S at the edge of Newhall estate. A subrectangular graveyard (67m E-W; c. 66m N-S) defined by a masonry wall with the remains of Killone Abbey, an Augustinian nunnery (CL041-062001-) in the S half. The visible headstones are all 19th and 20th century in date although there are several 18th-century graves and medieval graveslabs within the abbey ruins.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL041-062002

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Molannaol, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Clarecastle G.A.A. club page; individual photographer not named, clarecastlegaa.clubifyapp.com
Kilmaley GAA Club (publisher; photographer not named), Source publisher

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