Knockmant Burial Ground

On top of low hillock with good views in all directions. Castle site (WM027-007001-) 255m to NW and ringfort (WM027-008----) 210m to WNW. Man-made underground passage (WM027-009003-) c. 30m to SW. Modern quarry area located to SW-W and N of church. Depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as ‘Knockmant Burial Ground’ with church (WM027-009001-) shown forming the N boundary of ‘small rectangular shaped graveyard the enclosing element of which is shown in dotted outline. The graveyard today consists of a rectangular area (dims. c. 29m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall of post-1700 date. Memorials date from 18th and 19th centuries. Church and graveyard located on top of hillock the base of which has been scarped forming an enclosing element which has the appearance of a possible ecclesiastical enclosure. A series of sub-dividing banks within this enclosure forming small square-shaped fields can be seen on B/W aerial photographs (APE 20, 21, 24). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 15 August 2013