What is recorded here

Indicated is a rectangular graveyard in County Meath, Ireland, where the parish church of Newtown still stands beside a cross-inscribed stone. Masonry walls enclose the place, marking it as a boundary between the living town and the dead. The stones have watched the fields change for centuries, waiting for people to remember what they held.

The parish church of Newtown (ME011-043----) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 55m WNW-ESE; c. 48m NNE-SSW) defined by masonry walls. The cross-inscribed stone (ME011-043002-) is E of the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 December, 2014

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