What is recorded here

Graveyard in Castlemacadam holds late 18th and 19th-century headstones within a modern stone wall on a level spur above the Avoca valley. The older church vanished, leaving no ground trace, while a curving road still marks the shape of the lost enclosure. People buried there likely watched seasons move through the valley, their names reduced to stone and silence.

Situated on a level spur overlooking the Avoca valley to the E. The church is shown as a rectangular structure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. It was located c. 60m SW of the now abandoned 19th-century church and there is now no trace at ground level. The graveyard is quadrangular, defined by a modern stone wall, and contains a number of late 18th and 19th-century headstones. The road which curves around the graveyard may represent the line of the original enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 September 2013

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