Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

On the lower reaches of a hill with good views to the E-SE, enclosing a centrally placed medieval church (KK020-017001-). A public road runs N-S along the W side of the graveyard. The 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map shows an irregular dashed line surrounding the church which suggests that the graveyard was not enclosed at this stage. By the 1900 revision of the OS 6-inch map the graveyard wall has been built and remains as it is today, with the entrance from the road on the W side consisting of an iron gate between stone piers and a stile immediately to the N. A rectangular area (dims. 50m E-W x 31m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall with roughly cut, slightly projecting, coping stones.
On top of the S boundary wall is an architectural fragment (dims. 05m x 0.27m) chamfered and smoothly dressed on two faces. All gravestones date from the 18th-century and later, with several architectural fragments employed as grave-markers. In the SW corner of the graveyard there is portion of a shaft from a font (KK020-017004-). Also at the W end of the church there is a 13th/14th-century graveslab (KK020-017005-).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 18 November 2020