What is recorded here
Grave Yard in County Kildare holds a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure, a church site and a holy well inside a modern mortared-stone wall. The River Liffey touches its south edge and a small tributary passes along the east, while older burials cluster at the centre beneath burial markers legible from the 18th century. Newer graves press toward the perimeters, as if the place kept absorbing life in rings from its ancient heart.
Contains a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD018-019004-), a church site (KD018-019001-) and a holy well (KD018-019002-). A large, sub rectangular area (dims. L c. 150m E-W; Wth c. 100m) is enclosed by a modern, mortared-stone wall and is bordered by the River Liffey to the S and by a small tributary of the Liffey to the E. Older burials occur at the centre of the graveyard, the earliest legible burial markers dating to the 18th century with more modern burial occurring nearer the perimeters of the site.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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