What is recorded here

Nohoval held a vast U-shaped ecclesiastical enclosure around its church ruins, yet later surveys found no physical trace of that boundary. The missing line suggests a place where human memory and official record diverge, leaving behind a ghost shape rather than a visible wall.

In 2010 a graveyard survey of Nohoval carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details: 'there is no archaeological or cartographic evidence of an ecclesiastic enclosure' (Dunne 2010, 3). Possible ecclesiastical enclosure described by O'Hare (2000, 85) 'The outline of a large, approximately U-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 460m), which may once have been circular in outline, surrounding the ruins of Nohoval Church (KE039-014001-) and graveyard (KE039-014003-), is most clearly visible on the OS first edition. The greater part of this enclosure, which included portions of Glebe land, is located within the townland boundary of Nohoval South. The curing outline of the enclosure forms the townland boundary on the south-west'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 June 2022

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