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Grave Yard

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Grave Yard stands on an east-west esker ridge in County Offaly, enclosing a ruined rectangular church and eighteen or nineteenth-century headstones within an almost square wall. The southern boundary has been extended for new burials, while low-lying flat land stretches beyond that line and undulating terrain rises to the north. People have kept returning to this narrow strip of ground, marking death and continuity on both sides of the ancient ridge.
Situated on an E-W esker ridge with low-lying flat land to the S and undulating land to the N. In graveyard, much ruined rectangular church (OF029-012----) in N quadrant of graveyard. The graveyard is enclosed by an almost square shaped wall which has recently been extended to the S for new burials, the graveyard contains 18/19th-century headstones. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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