What is recorded here

Urlish holds a forgotten graveyard field inside a slight col, where Oliver Davies recorded a small square enclosure and local people remembered bones appearing in the soil. No wall, mound or marker survives to show the exact line of that boundary, but the field keeps the shape of loss in its name. It may have served as a quiet burial place for neighbours who stopped visiting when the land changed, leaving only a col, a field and a warning not to dig where memory has already marked the ground.

Situated in a slight col. Described by Oliver Davies as a small square enclosure that was known locally as the graveyard field where bones had been found (ITA Survey 1940). There was no evidence of any structure and its precise location is not known. (Leslie 1929, 290) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 July 2007

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