Graveyard in Kilcoran, County Laois

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In undulating countryside. Not marked on the 1839 or 1908 eds OS 6-inch maps. Human bones were discovered in 1889 (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 341). Described by Carrigan as 'The church (LA028-057001-) of Kilcoran stood a quarter of a mile from Rathdowney, within what is now commonly known as "Kilcoran Rath". The rath (LA028-057003-) is a circular mound 65 yards in diameter, rising irregularly from 2 to 8 ft. in height, with an almost obliterated rampart, and the usual fosse. Running east and west, partly through the centre of the rath, there are traces of a curved earthen fence, which divided it into two almost equal parts. In the southern division human bones were dug up in 1889, and appears to have been the site of an ancient churchyard. The church stood in the northern division. Its walls have been gone for ages, but the foundation still marked by the withered grass in very dry summers, show that they were about 30 ft. long; a very large limestone marks the position of the west gable. The tradition of a church having been ever here has almost died out.' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 341).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA028-057002

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