Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Archerstown, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Archerstown
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- LA035-061003-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated graveyard within towland that is described by Carrigan as 'There was a church (LA035-061001-) here dedicated to St. Canice. The field in which it stood is called Kilkinnybeg, that is, St. Kenny's little Church. Not a vestige of the church remains. Alsight elevation covered with grass of a greener hue than that growing elsewhere in the field, marks the ancient graveyard. The plot occupies the south-east angle of an enclosure (LA035-061002-) a couple of acres in extent, surrounded by an earthen rampart which, though now almost entirely destroyed, can be traced all around' (Carrigan 1905 vol. 2, 310).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007