What is recorded here

Grave Yard holds an overgrown D-shaped church and 18th-century markers beside a gentle E-facing pasture slope in County Kildare. Its low earthen bank and shallow fosse still trace a place set apart for death, while the ruined church suggests worship, burial and memory once belonged together. The exact shape resists forgetting even when the building has surrendered most of its form.

Near the top of a gentle E-facing pasture slope. An overgrown D-shaped area (diam. c. 47m WNW-ESE) with a straight W side (L c. 42m NNE-SSW) is enclosed by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.5-0.7m; Wth 3.1-3.8m; ext H 1.2-1.6m) and shallow outer fosse (Wth 1.2-2.3m; D 0.2-0.4m). The interior contains a very ruined church (KD029-022001-) and the legible grave markers date from the 18th-century. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 11 September 2013

A Neolithic passage tomb; its D-shaped enclosure and earthen bank suggest a ceremonial or burial function. Its location and construction are typical of early farming communities in the region.

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