What is recorded here
Located towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. The parish church of Ringagoragh (WA036-008001-) is within a rectangular graveyard defined by masonry walls (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S), although the graveyard is extended to the W and S (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 60m N-S). Archaeological testing (05E0329) over a large area…
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Located towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. The parish church of Ringagoragh (WA036-008001-) is within a rectangular graveyard defined by masonry walls (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S), although the graveyard is extended to the W and S (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 60m N-S). Archaeological testing (05E0329) over a large area (dims. c. 180m N-S; c. 160m E-W) immediatel S of the graveyard failed to produce any related material (Janesa). (Power 1898a, 199)
Janes, T. (2008e) Shanacloon: No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 364, No. 1499. Wordwell. Dublin. Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA036-008002
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Alexander Redfern, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Audrius Janecka, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Slamforeman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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