What is recorded here

G. Yd. is a completely overgrown rectangular graveyard at the south end of a low pasture ridge in County Kildare, holding finely carved eighteenth and nineteenth century headstones beside table tombs. An eighteenth century church stands inside the burial ground, occupying the site of an earlier medieval church whose west tower still survives. The gravegrass may conceal an Early Christian foundation, while a complex man-made underground passage cuts through the adjoining field to the southwest.

A Registered Historic Monument (No. 2/2009). At the S end of a low N-S pasture ridge. A completely overgrown, rectangular graveyard (dims. L c. 50m NE-SE; Wth c. 45m) contains some finely carved 18th and 19th century headstones together with a small number of table tombs and slabs. May be the site of an Early Christian foundation (KD024-003005-). An 18th century church (KD024-003001-), occupying the site of an earlier, medieval church (KD024-003002-), the W tower of which survives, stands to S of centre in the interior, and a complex Man-made underground passage (KD024-003003-) lies in the adjoining field immediately to the SW. (http://kildare.co/Graveyard-Details.asp?ID=K079 Last accessed 06-06-2012) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 07 June 2012

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