Survey Data
Reg No
11213034
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
303795, 226811
Date Recorded
20/06/2002
Date Updated
--/--/--
Description
Enclosed graveyard, established c.1880, set on an area of land sloping down to the north-west with a limestone rubble boundary wall having rubble coping. Main entrance is to the south-east through a round-headed archway with limestone voussoirs and triangular pediment, with cast-iron cross finial above. Gravestones date from 1890s to the present day.
Appraisal
This graveyard ,which contains many finely carved headstones and has a handsome entrance gate, has been in use since the 1890s, making it a very important social and religious focus of the people of Saggart.