What is recorded here

Grave Yd. is a D-shaped graveyard in County Laois where St. Molua founded a monastery in the late sixth or early seventh century. The boundary wall still holds romaneshque stones with roll moulding and a chevron, suggesting they came from an older church now lost. Most headstones are modern, but the place has been called the meadow of the grave since Molua first laid out the monastery at Kyle.

In undulating countryside. Some uninscribed grave markers visible. Mostly modern headstones. St. Molua founded a monastery at Kyle in the late sixth or early seventh century, Kyle is now known as Clonfert-Molua or Cluain Ferta Moula - the meadow of the grave. D-shaped graveyard (dims. 82.3m E-W x 38.15m N-S) enclosed by a boundary wall of roughly coursed limestone rubble (H 1.4m ; T 0.9m) some of which is built with medieval cut stone and punch dressed stone from church (LA015-023001-). Also incorporated into the graveyard wall are stones with roll moulding and one stone decorated with a chevron suggesting it came from a romanesque church (Fitzpatrick 1993, 5). Rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 37m N-S; 80m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall as indicated on current ed OS 6-inch map. Church site in centre of graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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