What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Kildare is a rectangular roadside burial ground marked on Taylor's 1783 map, holding legible markers from the eighteenth century to the modern era. It sits near Toberkevin and a ruined church containing three cross slabs, suggesting the site joined a sacred corridor leading towards Glendalough. The stone wall and entrance archway frame deaths from several centuries, while the nearby holy well and old pilgrimage route imply people once walked past this quiet valley seeking grace.

Marked 'Burying Gd.' on Taylor's 1783 Map of County Kildare, but not recorded on Noble and Keenan's earlier, 1752, map of the county. A large, roughly rectangular, roadside burial ground, with a fine entrance archway. Legible burial markers date from the 18th century to the modern. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

A 18th-century roadside burial ground, likely of local Christian use; its early map references indicate historical continuity of burial practices in the area.

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