What is recorded here
Graveyard or cemetery in Skreen is dated around 1770, but contains a fifteenth-century church and the seventeenth-century Marward Stone. Ask this place its age and it starts counting from when it changed its coat.
Roman Catholic graveyard, c.1770, on the site of a fifteenth-century church, the remains of which are located in the centre of the graveyard. Medieval stone cross with a carved crucifixion panel to the north-east. The Marward Stone, which dates to the early seventeenth century, is located to the east of the church. Bounded by rubble limestone walls with limestone gate piers and wrought-iron double gate. .
Skreen graveyard contains many interesting examples from many different periods, of the various materials, forms and designs employed for grave markers. The site is bounded by a rubble limestone wall, which enhances the hill top setting. The medieval elements add archaeological interest to this site, which has clearly been a focus of religious activity in the area for many centuries.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14326009
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- Ianfhunter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Patrick Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Anthony Foster, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Anthony Foster, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Neil Forrester, Co.Meath, Ireland. http://neil.forrester.ie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- William Murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- C O'Flanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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