What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Kildare holds table tombs, slabs and headstones from the 18th to 20th centuries beside a ruined church, while a motte stands about 100m to the southwest. Its trapezoidal ground rises slightly above the surrounding land, bounded by coursed stone walls on the west and north, modern buildings on the east, and an open path on the south. The place is neither forgotten nor display-perfect; it is a working memory where old faith, domestic life and death still share one small stretch of earth.

Adjoining Oldconnell House and buildings to the E, with a fine motte (KD023-012----) visible c. 100m to the SW. A roughly trapezoidal shaped area (c. 55m E-W; c. 48m N-S) is enclosed by a roughly coursed stone wall (H c. 1.5m) on W and N, modern buildings on E, but is open to the S along which a path runs. An earthen bank runs inside the N boundary wall. The interior is higher than the immediately surrounding area and contains the foundation walls of a ruined church (KD023-011----) Table tombs, slabs and headstones mark burials from the 18th-20th centuries. Abutting the graveyard at SW is a small area enclosed by a stone wall with entrance gate and cross at S. The interior appears to be featureless. (http://kildare.co/Graveyard-Details.asp?ID=K133 Last accessed 23 May 2012) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 May 2012

Medieval burial enclosure, likely 12th to 16th century. Its association with a motte suggests a defensive or manorial context, indicating local aristocratic or ecclesiastical significance.

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