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Situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking a steep drop immediately to the S. There is no visible indication of the 'Site of Grave Yard' marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 60m x 25m). Price (1967, 474-5) states that the area was leased to Robert Hassells in 1685. His house was called Shelton, which became the townland name. Price also mentions that the graveyard was on a hill named Whitson hill on a Shelton estate map, and suggests that this was also the site of a church.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
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