Old graveyard, burial ground in County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Described as an 'Old Grave Yard' and depicted as a rectangular wood (dims. c. 60m N-S; c. 55m E-W) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is described as a disused Burial Ground and depicted as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 35m N-S; c. 35m E-W) on the 1940 ed. It is situated in a low-lying landscape. The land has-been reclaimed and any headstones are buried. A bullaun stone recorded on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map cannot be found now. It was recorded in 1940 as a sub-triagngular stone (dims c. 2m x c. 1.2m) with a single basin (diam. c. 0.38m; D c. 0.11m) (OSFM).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX007-016001

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Wexford GAA county website; individual photographer not named, wexfordgaa.ie
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, curiousireland.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.selectstone.com
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 au
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