What is recorded here

Grave Yard stands beside the Lyreen River in County Kildare, holding a medieval church within a broad stone wall. It may mark an Early Christian monastery, while a possible castle site waits two hundred metres south. Legible markers stretch from the 18th century to today, suggesting continuous care rather than abandoned ruin. The dead have kept this place alive long before modern roads passed it.

On level, improved pasture c. 50m N of the Lyreen River, possibly on the site of an Early Christian monastery (KD005-009001-), with traces of a possibly associated enclosure (KD005-021-) c. 250m to the NE, and c. 200m S of a possible castle site (KD005-008----). A large, sub-rectangular roadside graveyard (dims. L c. 90m E-W; Wth c. 80m N-S) is enclosed by a well-built mortared stone wall. It contains a medieval church (KD005-009002-) to SW of centre. Legible burial markers date from the 18th century to the present-day. Archaeological monitoring (Licence no. 97E0390) of the excavation of a gas pipeline trench along the road verge immediately S of the graveyard revealed previously disturbed ground but no archaeological deposits. (www.excavations.ie) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Early Christian cemetery; possibly associated with a monastery and enclosure; significant for understanding monastic and burial practices in the region.

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