Shaen, Straboe

Laois,

Ireland

Coordinates: 53.072000, -7.262000

Summary

Graveyard Code:

LA-SHST

RMP/Site number:

LA013-005002

Townland:

Straboe

County:

Laois

Description

The site is located in flat countryside surrounded by pasture and crop fields.
It is well maintained and evidence for recent repairs to boundary wall can be seen. The boundary wall is over 2m in height. The site is entered through a single heavy iron gate.
The burials are located on the southside of ruins of medieval church and consist of upstanding and recumbent burial markers, all of limestone. The dates of headstones are from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Additional details

Extra code:

L113

RMP Classification:

Graveyard

Diocese (RC):

Kildare and Leighlin

Register of Burials available:

No

Location of Published Local References:

Laois County Library, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

Record of Monuments & Places (RMP), Archive Unit, National Monuments Service, DoEHLG, 51 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2

http://www.archaeology.ie/ArchaeologicalSurveyofIreland/

Location of Inscriptions:

http://www.genealogylaois.com

Titles of Published Local References:

Record of Monuments & Places, Co. Laois compiled by Caimin O'Brien (2007)

Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland, 'Queen's County', (1907) 172

Data source:

Graveyards of Laois surveyed in 2011 by Barker Archaeological Services on behalf of Laois County Council with the support of the Heritage Council, see http://www.laois.ie/heritage for information

Project:

Laois Graveyards Survey

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