What is recorded here

Indicated is a neglected graveyard in County Meath, Ireland, holding headstones dating from 1744 to 1820 beside the Assey parish church. It sits on a north and east-facing crest above the River Boyne, where the land leans toward light and water. The stones mark ordinary lives lived near moving rivers, while the empty soil around them preserves what those people forgot.

Situated on the crest of a N and E-facing slope, with a W-E section of the River Boyne c. 100m to the N and a small S-N section of an E-W stream in a fold c. 50m to the E. The parish church of Assey (ME031-011----) is within a neglected subrectangular or D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 50m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by masonry walls. The graveyard has a few headstones dating c. 1744-1820. Archaeological testing (10E0219) by P.D. Sweetman c. 100m to the SE produced no related material (excavations.ie 2010:510). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January, 2015 Amended: 16 March 2021

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