Survey Data
Reg No
13901423
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1580 - 1620
Coordinates
295616, 296441
Date Recorded
26/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Raised curvilinear graveyard, with interments from c. 1600. Enclosed by herringbone dry stone walling, elaborate stone entrance gate to west dated 1868. Range of headstones from unmarked grave markers to Celtic cross style, dating up to 1998. Mausoleum to north-east, keystone dated 1777 and interment date of 1822, undulating ground to interior, no trace of church remains. Fronts onto roadway.
Appraisal
The undulating raised level to this graveyard and wide range of weathered, broken, disturbed graves and grave markers to this site hint towards the archaeological potential of the area. It has clearly been in use for centuries and there is no evidence of the remains of a church that was located here, possibly built on the same site as the mausoleum which now stands to the north-east. As the centre for religious burial within the locality this graveyard has social significance.