What is recorded here

Aghade is a sub-rectangular graveyard in County Carlow with the remains of an Augustinian Abbey at its southern end. A single-basin bullaun stone and an unnamed supposedly holy well sit nearby, giving the place a quiet religious shape. People may have come there to bury, remember, pray or drink from water believed holy.

Sub-rectangular graveyard (map dims. c. 104m N-S; c. 60m E-W) with remains of an Augustinian Abbey towards S end (CW013-057001-), a single basin bullaun stone (CW013-057003-) (the 'Baptismal Font') and an unnamed but supposedly holy well (CW013-057004-) S of the Abbey. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

Medieval Christian burial ground associated with an Augustinian abbey, dating primarily to the 13th to 16th centuries. Its significance lies in its connection to monastic life and the presence of a bullaun stone, indicating possible earlier ritual or ecclesiastical use.

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