Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on the W shores of Lough Mask. This graveyard is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a trapezoidal walled area (c. 35M N−S; c. 40m E−W at N end, c. 20m at S end) with a church (MA117-009001-) indicated in the N half; on the 1929 edition it is shown as a somewhat larger, rectangular walled area (48m E−W; 57m N−S). The W, N and E walls are stone-built, with stone and mortar coping. The S wall of the graveyard has been removed and the graveyard extended to S and SE. The interior is grass-covered. There are 19th and 20th−century headstones, occasional graveslabs, and rectangular graveplots with concrete surrounds. The graveyard underwent a ‘clean-up’ in the second half of the in the 20th-century; there are multiple N−S rows of low, plain concrete crosses, which appear to have replaced traditional uninscribed, stone gravemarkers, a few of which are extant at the site of the church (MA117-009001-). There is a bullaun stone (MA117-009003-) in the grave yard.

Image: MA117-009002-_01.JPG viewed from NW

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 24 July 2017