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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Unknown Townland

Ecclesiastical enclosure
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The graveyard is sub-circular in plan suggesting the existence of a pre-Norman ecclesiastical enclosure. An archaeological assessment in 1998revealed a ditch outside and concentric to the boundary of the churchyard. No datable finds were recovered from it. Inside the ditch two pits containing burnt material were revealed. They are likely to be of medieval date (Hayden 2000, ). Further works in 1999 revealed a ditch feature traversing the site from east to west. The ditch possibly represents an outer enclosing element around the medieval churchyard and was purposely infilled in the later medieval period. The present graveyard wall may be indicative of an inner circular enclosure (Murphy, 2000, 58).

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