Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

Polygonal shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 41m N-S; 50m E-W) enclosed by a post medieval stone wall with main entrance gate at W and smaller gateway at E. Levelled church site (WM026-100001-) located in N quadrant of graveyard, Enniscoffey House ruins located 180m to ENE. Graveyard described in 1977 as following; ‘a relatively modern hexagonal enclosure bounded by a stone wall. There is now no sign of the church (WM026-100001-) indicated in the N of the graveyard on the 1911 OS 6” map. To the N & S of the graveyard low banks (WM026-100002-) can be seen, running in an arc from the NW corner of the wall to the field bank & on the S enclosing a no. of small subrectangular enclosures. There is no indication of any features to the E of the field bank. An old pathway can be seen running from the gateway at the modern roadway into the graveyard. There is a small gate in the E wall of the graveyard opposite which is a gateway in the field bank. This probably was for access from Enniscoffey House whose ruins lie a short distance to the E. The site is on fairly level ground in good pasture land’ (SMR file 16/06/1977).

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 24 August 2015