What is recorded here
Grave Yard is a subrectangular graveyard in County Galway, Ireland, where a church still occupies the northern sector and two holy wells wait beside the burial ground. Stone walls mark its edges, but trees and nettle have reclaimed much of the interior, leaving possible graveslabs half-hidden in the west. The place feels less like a forgotten field and more like a living threshold, where prayer, death and memory still move through the same soil.
In undulating pastureland. This subrectangular graveyard (25.2m E-W; 31.5m N-S) is associated with a church (GA105-029001-) which is located in its N sector. It is delimited by stone walls. The interior is heavily overgrown with trees and nettle. Some possible graveslabs are evident in the W sector. Two holy wells are also associated (see GA105-029003- and GA105-029004-).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 January 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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