Graveyard in Ardrass Lower, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Near the centre of a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD011-015002-) which also contains a fine 15th century church (KD011-015001-). Burials were uncovered when railings were erected around the church in 1888 (OMURETHI 1909-11, 410-14). There are no visible graves or burial markers.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD011-015003

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