What is recorded here

Kilbaun Grave Yard is a burial ground in Garrison, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded an overgrown D-shaped area measuring 26 metres north-south and 24 metres east-west, defined by a 2.5-metre-wide stone bank that rises 0.4 to 0.8 metres internally and 0.5 to 1.7 metres externally. It noted no visible fosse or entrance, but some possible grave-markers in the interior, and a local tradition that the place is known as the Speckled Church.

Situated on a SW-facing slope with a N-S stream c. 70m to the W. Overgrown D-shaped area (dims. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 0.5m (upslope) at E to 1.7m at W). There is no visible fosse or entrance, but some possible grave-markers are visible in the interior. Traditionally it is known as the 'Speckled Church' (Power 1952, 44). Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 18 February 2011

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