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Graveyard in Ballymascanlan

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What is recorded here

Rectangular enclosed area (map dims. c. 80m NE-SW; c. 36m E-W) surrounding church (LH007-017001-) indicated on 1835 'OS 6-inch' map. Present church on site of earlier church.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH007-017002

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