What is recorded here

Rockmarshall holds a burial ground beside Ballameare, where local tradition still points to rows of dead beneath the soil. The name Ballymuare survives in speech though the field has changed around it. People may have laid their dead there for generations before written records arrived, trusting the earth to keep what life released.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of graveyard beside Ballameare (Ballymuare).

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