What is recorded here

Grave Yard is a graveyard in Cloontuskert, County Roscommon, Ireland. It surrounds the remains of an early church that became an Augustinian abbey on low-lying ground near the River Shannon and Lough Ree. A masonry wall defines the oval area, while cross-slabs and inscribed stones collected during a clean-up around 1990 appear in a small western enclosure and around a northern opening.

The early church that became an Augustinian abbey (RO037-001001-) is situated on low-lying ground c. 1.5km W of the River Shannon, and c. 2.5km N of Lough Ree. The church remains are at the S end of an oval graveyard (dims c. 100m N-S; c. 60m E-W) defined by a masonry wall. Architectural fragments (RO037-001017-) are largely displayed at the church but the cross-slabs and cross-inscribed stones that were collected from the graveyard during a clean-up c. 1990 are displayed at a small enclosure with an altar against the graveyard wall at W and around a style through the graveyard wall at N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 9 July 2015

Christian graveyard associated with an early church and later Augustinian abbey, likely medieval in date. Its significance lies in its connection to monastic settlement and ecclesiastical history in the region.

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