What is recorded here
Graveyard or cemetery in Commons sits beside a fourteenth-century church on ground used for worship since the sixth century. Only in Fenagh could a medieval ruin still be “the new bit”, and likely blamed for spoiling the view.
Fenagh Roman Catholic graveyard, established c.1880 on the site of fourteenth-century abbey buildings, adjacent to the surviving abbey church and within the earthworks of a deserted medieval settlement. Variety of nineteenth- and twentieth-century grave markers. Site is bounded by a random and cut stone wall and is accessed through cut stone piers with wrought-iron gates.
This graveyard stands in an elevated position above the town and is situated on a site of archaeological importance, which has been an ecclesiastical centre since the sixth century. The graveyard is overlooked by the ruins of a fourteenth-century church. Fine craftsmanship can be seen in the grave markers and wrought-iron gates and their piers. This site also has social significance as it is connected to the Roman Catholic church of the parish.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30811006
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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