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Grave Yd. — Greatheath (maryborough East By.)

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Graveyard which contains a T-Plan church of 19th century date built on a gentle slope in the W quadrant. Graveyard cleaned up and the church has been excavated probably by a FAS scheme. The graveyard is a large rectangular area (dims. 100m N-S ; 35m E-W) with a projection along the middle of the W side where the church is located. It has a mortared stone wall on the E and N sides and field banks on the other sides. The old school house a two storey derelict building is on the perimeter of the graveyard at the SE angle. There are only about 20 headstones dating from c. 1815 up to 1985. The church (LA013-209001-) was a catholic church, T-Shaped in plan of 19th century date. There is a corbel limestone stoup that may be the font (LA013-029002-) described by O'Hanlon inside the E doorway. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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