What is recorded here
According to the Countess of Drogheda (1902-3, 235), '… the old Yew Tree Cemetery (was) where there was once a branch of St. Evin's Monastery (KD026-001----), and here was kept for long afterwards St. Evin's bell as a swearing relic.' The surviving remains comprise Yew Tree Graveyard (KD021-001004-), a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (KD021-001002-) and a church site (KD021-001003-).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 13 October 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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