What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Longford holds a kidney-shaped medieval enclosure inside a much larger rectangular graveyard, preserving a gap in the northern bank that may have marked its original entrance. Most memorials stand within that older heart, where a shallow fosse still traces the boundary and the church wall once closed its southern edge. The place records continuity rather than loss, with newer burials absorbing the smaller graveyard instead of erasing it.

Associated with a medieval church (LF023-057001-). Depicted on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a kidney-shaped enclosure (55m E-W; 40m N-S). The S wall of the church formed part of the boundary at S. The church and graveyard were subsequently incorporated into a much-larger, rectangular graveyard (69m NW-SE; 59m NE-SW), probably in the second half of the 19th or early 20th century. It is defined by a stone wall. The earlier graveyard is defined by a bank of earth and stone with an external fosse and remains of it are visible within the larger graveyard. It is best preserved from N-E where the fosse is evident. A gap in the bank in the N sector may mark the original entrance. The majority of the memorials are located in the earlier graveyard and date from the 18th to the 20th centuries. (ITA Survey 1944; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2013

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.