Burying Ground — Farnaght

Situated on a rise in a low-lying, undulating landscape. The graveyard is not depicted on an eighteenth century estate map (Wogan 1750, 26) and it is described as a ‘Burying Ground’ on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a subcircular enclosure (int. dims 85m N-S; 69m E-W) defined by a masonry wall NW-NE and by an earthen bank topped with a collapsed stone wall elsewhere. It has headstones dating from the 18th century, some of whose inscriptions dating from 1777 were recorded in the 1930s (IFC: Schools Collections’ vol. 0214, 345-8). A small cross-inscribed stone (LE036-021006-) is in the graveyard. Outside the enclosure at SW are the foundations of a tower house (LE036-021003-) within a rath (LE036-021002-), and a Church of Ireland church which was built c. 1850-55 as a chapel for the Clements family of Lough Rinn (LE036-006----) is attached to the S. Archaeological supervision (00E0867) of the replacement of the perimeter with a masonry wall NE-SE demonstrated that it was a slight earth and stone bank and the stones had been thrown up from inside. However, it produced no dateable material (Meenan 2001, 2002). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Amended: 7 January 2020