Graveyard or cemetery in Oldcastle, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Cemetery, established c.1895, with Celtic Revival high crosses and later polished grave markers. Rubble stone boundary walls with ashlar piers and cast-iron gates.

Established in the late nineteenth century, this cemetery has been in continuous use up to present day. It is well laid out and has some very fine early twentieth-century grave markers. Those of particular note are the Celtic Revival high crosses with fine interlace and rope-moulding detail. This site is of social and artistic importance.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14306035

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