What is recorded here

G. Yd. is an oval graveyard in County Longford where an 18th-century church stands inside a stone wall, perhaps on the exact spot of a medieval predecessor. Cross-slabs and graveslabs from the 17th century still lie among later memorials, suggesting continuity rather than replacement. The dead may have kept returning to the same ground through every rebuild, trusting the site more than the stones above it.

Associated with a medieval church (LF023-097001-). This oval-shaped graveyard (dims. 65m NE-SW; 45m NW-SE) is defined by a stone wall. Access is via a wrought-iron gate with an adjacent stile at SW. Memorials date to the 18th and 19th centuries. Centrally located within the interior is an 18th-century church (C of I), which may have been built on or close to the site of the earlier medieval church. Within this church is a 17th-century graveslab (LF023-097005-). A cross-slab (LF023-097003), fragments of a cross-slab (LF023-097002-) and two 17th-century graveslabs (LF023-097003, LF023-097004-) were noted in the graveyard. (ITA Survey 1944; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2013

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