What is recorded here

In County Carlow, a pear-shaped bank still holds a graveyard where children were buried and the lower stones of a small church remain visible toward the south. The ruin is not grand, but it is precise: eighty metres north to south, seventy east to west, with a church about eleven metres long beside the dead. That shape suggests a community proud enough to mark its own ground, and gentle enough to keep its youngest separate.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 09 March 2012 Revised by: Claire Breen Pear-shaped ecclesiastical enclosure (visible on AP GB99.GG.32) (dims. 80m N-S, 70m E-W) defined by very low bank, incorporating a graveyard (CW016-063004-) which was used as children's burial ground (CW016-063002-). Towards S of enclosure lower courses of a church (CW016-063003-) (dims. c. 11m E-W, c. 6.4m N-S) are visible.

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