What is recorded here

Indicated is a walled graveyard beside Lough Melvin where two cross-slabs and a cup-marked stone still mark the dead. The flat, low ground holds layers of clay, sand and forgotten human change, while the old church watches from the north side. New burials began east of the lane before 2005, continuing the same purpose on ground the lake wind has always touched.

Located on flat, low-lying ground c. 140m from the S shore of Lough Melvin and on the W side of an entrance lane. The church (LE005-003001-) is at the N side of a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m N-S; c. 20-25m E-W) defined by masonry walls. It contains two cross-slabs and a stone with two cup-marks. A new graveyard was commenced E of the lane before 2005 (OSAP). Archaeological testing (18E0055) S of the new graveyard reached subsoil, a grey sand / gravel (D 0.6-0.75m) without encountering archaeological features (Carey 2018), and further testing (19E0042) E of the church revealed a very disturbed area of re-deposited clays, silts and sand incorporating plastics (D 1.6-2.2m) over the gravel subsoil (Carey 2019). (See Excavations.ie: 2019:030) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 January, 2016 Amended; 10 January 2020

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