Survey Data
Reg No
30816004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
208559, 297009
Date Recorded
02/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Roman Catholic cemetery, established c.1840. Enclosed by squared limestone walls with three sets of squared stone gate piers with pyramidal caps and cast-iron gates. Axial path divides cemetery. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century grave markers. Entrance to nuns' graveyard to south end.
Appraisal
This cemetery, used since the mid-nineteenth century, forms part of the religious and social history of Mohill. The wide variety of materials used in the production of the artistically-significant grave markers such as cast-iron, marble and limestone is of technical significance.