Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

The rectangular graveyard (map dims. 50m E-W; 35m N-S) associated with Holy Trinity Church (LH005-042010-) is inter-denominational. The headstones range in date from the 18th century onwards and the earliest inscribed gravestone records the death of nine year old, Ann Toomes, who died November 1703. In the south of the graveyard is a chamfered coffin shaped slab set upside down at the head of a grave: only the lower portion is visible and it is of medieval date (see LH005-052011-).

Restoration work in the church in 1991 led to the discovery of a number of skeletons under the floor boards. These yielded radiocarbon dates of AD 1442-1650 and AD 1517-1666 (Gleeson and Moore 1993, 44-5). Further building work in 1999 led to the discovery of two more skeletons (Bermingham 2000, 189).

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Updated by: Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 23 May 2016

References

Gleeson, C. and Moore, D. 1993 Holy Trinity Church, Carlingford. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1992: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 44-4, no. 133. Bray. Wordwell.

Bermingham, N. 2000 Holy Trinity Heritage Centre, Carlingford. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 189, no. 554. Bray. Wordwell.