What is recorded here
Enclosed graveyard, established c.1880, set on an area of land sloping down to the north-west with a limestone rubble boundary wall having rubble coping. Main entrance is to the south-east through a round-headed archway with limestone voussoirs and triangular pediment, with cast-iron cross finial above. Gravestones date from 1890s to the present day.
This graveyard ,which contains many finely carved headstones and has a handsome entrance gate, has been in use since the 1890s, making it a very important social and religious focus of the people of Saggart.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11213034
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- jwd, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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