Graveyard in Newtown or Skirk, County Laois

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What is recorded here

In undulating countryside. All visible headstones post date 1700 AD. Irregularly shaped graveyard (int. dims. 63m N-S; 46m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall as indicated on current ed OS 6-inch map. Medieval church in S quadrant and Church of Ireland church in centre of graveyard.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA021-010002

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