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Graveyard in Ward Lower

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Graveyard in Ward Lower
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A raised, roughly oval, walled graveyard (L 70m, Wth 50m) which encloses the foundations of the medieval parish church (DU011-039001-). Fragment of a limestone window jamb of late medieval date is used as gravemarker in the graveyard E of church. The memorials are 19th/20th century in date. The site was formerly surveyed (Egan 1992). Still in use.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU011-039002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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