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The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Found prior to 1793. 'Numerous urns placed in low, narrow and long vaults' were 'of coarse earthenware … each closed by a cover … The garden under which they were found is the site or cemetery of a monastery founded by one of the Carews for the Carmelites ...' (Anon. 1793, 274; JRSAI 1970, 109). Carmelite priory was located SE of bridge.
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