Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Fossy Lower, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fossy Lower
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 52.95742, -7.19048
- SMR number
- LA019-016001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Reference to church (LA019-016) rebuilt or remodelled in 1608 (O'Flanagan 1933, Vol 1, 264-265). A late siteenth century parish church with undivided nave and chancel, and a slight base batter. All visible headstones post date 1700 AD. Irreglularly shaped graveyard (int. dims. 53m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall containing post 1700 AD memorials. Church located in N quadrant of graveyard. An Early Christian sandstone cross-slab (LA019-016002-) which is decorated on both faces was recently found in the graveyard during a clean-up scheme (pers. comm. D. Delaney). On one face there is an incised cross with interlaced terminals with the initials E D later carved on the bottom of the slab and on the other face there is a panel of interlace enclosed by a trriple-lined circle, below which there is an interlaced triquetra knot.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.