Headstone in Mocollop, County Waterford

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Situated on a rise in the floodplain of the W-E Blackwater River. The headstone (max. H 1.25m; Wth 0.8-0.85m) of Richard Norris, with an incised roman inscription dated 1629, is at the centre of the rectangular graveyard (WA019-002002-) of Mocollop church. (Power 1898a, 216) Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 February 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA019-002003

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