Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

On gentle N-facing slope with good views from SSE-S-SW. Clomantagh Castle (KK013-002001-) and bawn (KK013-002002-) are located c. 130m to the N. There are earthworks (KK013-002005-) in the field immediately N of the graveyard (KK013-003002-). A 13th-century church (KK013-003001-) is located close to S boundary wall of the graveyard. According to the OS Letters (1839), there is, ‘a large and much frequented burying ground attached to it’ (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 161-2 (52-3)). On the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map the grave yard is indicated by a dashed line which suggests that the boundary was not fixed. By the revised 1900 ed. the graveyard is indicated by a continuous line which suggests the boundary wall had been built between 1839 and 1900. A roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 71m E-W; c. 32m N-S at E end tapering to c. 16m at the W end) with a public road running E-W outside the S boundary. It is entered at the E end of the S wall. The visible headstones date from the late 18th century onwards. Following a clean-up of the graveyard in the 1990s a large number of cut stones (KK013-003003-) were uncovered. Some were kept within the graveyard while others were placed in the adjoining field.

See attached photographs:
KK013-003002-_01 View from NW within graveyard, with W gable of church (KK013-003001-)
KK013-003002-_02 View from NW along N portion of graveyard
KK013-003002-_03 SW portion of graveyard
KK013-003002-_04 Graveyard N of the church (KK013-003001-), from NW

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 23 July 2019

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Kilkenny collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.