What is recorded here

Grave Yard stands on a north-facing hill slope in County Kilkenny, beside an old ringfort and a church at its northern edge. A modern stone wall encloses the rectangular ground, but no headstones appear before the 1860s, leaving earlier deaths hidden beneath the grass. Moore claimed a medieval tomb fragment once lay there, yet it has vanished without a trace. The place keeps its dead quietly, refusing even the chance to name them.

On the N-facing slope of a hill, in grassland. There is a ringfort (KK008-081----) immediately to the SW. A rectangular graveyard (dim. c. 44m N-S; c. 35m E-W) with a church (KK008-082001-) at the N end. The graveyard is enclosed by a relatively modern stone wall. There are no visible headstones earlier than the 1860s. According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan (ed.) 1930, vol. 1, 50-1 (155-6)) in 1839, there was, 'a small burying ground near it [the church], having a few modern graves'. The ground level is not elevated around the church and the headstones are fairly well distributed throughout the graveyard. Moore (1874-9, vol. 1, 37) mentions that, 'Some few are still buried there. There is a fragment of a medieval tomb'. There is no visible trace of this medieval graveslab (KK008-082003-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 January 2018

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.