What is recorded here

Indicated is a graveyard in Carnyara, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a trapezoidal area within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure, bounded by grass-covered foundations of a collapsed drystone wall. The western half stands slightly higher than the eastern half and contains a possible church, though no grave plots or markers remain visible.

Within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (SL032-141003-), just slightly E of the centre. A roughly trapezoidal area (35.5m E-W; 25m N-S at E end; 20m N-S at W end) defined by the grass-covered foundations of a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 2.5-3.3m; H 0.2-0.5m). The wall along the W end is slightly curved. The W half of the interior is raised 0.6m above the E half and contains a possible church (SL032-141001-). No grave-plots or grave-markers are evident. The graveyard is not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A portal dolmen dating to the Neolithic period; its location within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure suggests later ritual or symbolic reuse.

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