What is recorded here

No stones or ditches remain, but a rectangular shadow lingers on a south-facing slope above a steep drop. Robert Hassells took the land in 1685, named his house Shelton, and buried his people beside it. The living forgot the graves while the mountain kept them, proving that memory belongs to soil rather than stone.

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking a steep drop immediately to the S. There is no visible indication of the 'Site of Grave Yard' marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 60m x 25m). Price (1967, 474-5) states that the area was leased to Robert Hassells in 1685. His house was called Shelton, which became the townland name. Price also mentions that the graveyard was on a hill named Whitson hill on a Shelton estate map, and suggests that this was also the site of a church. 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: 19 September 2013

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