What is recorded here

Indicated is a neglected graveyard on low ground between the River Boyne and Clady River, holding Clady church, the Capella ante Portas built for lay brothers of Bective Cistercian Abbey. Masonry and earthen banks still mark its narrow shape, while a man-made passage lies not far to the southwest. Men may have walked this place in darkness, carrying water, praying or burying what love could not keep.

Located on relatively low ground at the N end of a SSW-NNE spur, with a S-N section of the River Boyne c. 30m to the E. A SSW-NNE section of the W-E Clady River is c. 50m to the W, and the confluence with the Boyne is c. 70m to the NE. Clady church (ME031-019----), which is a Capella ante Portas or church for the lay brothers of Bective Cistercian Abbey (ME031-026----), which is c. 1km to the S, is within a neglected subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m N-S; c. 15 E-W at S to c. 30m E-W at N) defined by masonry walls at S and W and earthen banks at N and E. A font (ME031-019003-) described by Wilde (1850, 95-6) as being in the graveyard is probably the font now in the Roman Catholic church at Robinstown (ME031-070----) c. 1.7km to the W. The Man-made underground passage (ME031-018----) is c. 40m SW of the graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January, 2015

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