What is recorded here

Indicated is a graveyard on a broad low hill in County Meath, Ireland, where a medieval church vanished but a knight’s graveslab still stands in the tower of the 19th century church. The old rectangular yard holds headstones from c. 1750 to 1990, a graveyard cross, and scattered dressed window pieces, while the removed west wall lets the place spill north-west into a larger field of the dead. It is not a dramatic ruin, yet it keeps company with a nearby motte and bailey, as if the hill itself remembered more than the stones now show.

Located on top of a broad, low hill, with the motte and bailey (ME044-034001-) c. 150m to the SSW. No trace of the medieval church structure (ME044-034003-) is extant within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 70m NNE-SSW; c. 65m WNW-ESE) defined by masonry walls, apart from some dressed pieces from windows. The W wall of the old graveyard has been removed and the graveyard now extends off to the NW (dims c. 130m NW-SE; c. 80m NE-SW). Headstones in the old graveyard date mostly from c. 1750 to 1990. A graveslab of a knight (ME044-034005-) has been set into the church tower of the 19th century church on the S side. The graveyard cross (ME044-034006-) is in the graveyard. Archaeological testing (93E0055) by R. Meenan immediately S of the old graveyard produced no related material (excavations.ie: 1993:0181). Archaeological testing (14E0204) by Donald Murphy NE of the graveyard and c. 30m to the E at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2014:258), and further testing (15E0027) by J. Stirland just to the S had a similar result (excavations.ie 2015:105). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 April, 2015 Amended: 25 March 2021, 26 May, 2021, 1 August 2023

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.