What is recorded here

Grave Yd. is a living graveyard in County Galway where a ruined church still stands beneath the headstones. Its subcircular shape and southern gateway suggest an old religious place, yet most markers are modern and three remain illegible. The dead may have crowded around that church for centuries before the concrete wall closed the circle.

This roughly subcircular graveyard (c. 65m NW-SE; c. 57m NE-SW) lies within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (GA106-095005-). The remains of a church (GA106-095001-) stand roughly in its centre. The graveyard is delimited by a modern concrete wall and access is gained via a gateway at S. Almost all of the headstones are modern but three similar rectangular grave-markers were illegible. The graveyard is still in use. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 21 February 2020

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