Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Cappanarrow,monelly,mounthall, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappanarrow,monelly,mounthall
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- LA011-015002-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated churchyard (LA011-015001-) within the townland of Mounthall situated according to Carrigan on the bounds of Cappanarra and Moonanelly which is measures no more than 15yds. Square. This graveyard is known as the 'Burying Bush' from a sceach that grows on site; the field containing the graveyard is known as the 'Burying Meadow' (Carrigan 1905, p. 151).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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