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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: ClonmoreCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Carlow Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Tullow, Carlow Nearest Village: Clonmore, Carlow
Latitude: 52.827023N Longitude: 6.569143W
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5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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macd visited on 24th Mar 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Beautifully kept old graveyard with an abundance of early Christian cross-slabs, and other artefacts in the immediate vicinity. Easy access (up a few steps, so no disabled access though).
See Peter Harbison's paper for full details:
Early Christian Antiquities at Clonmore, Co. Carlow
Author(s): Peter Harbison
Source: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History,
Literature , 1991, Vol. 91C (1991), pp. 177-200
Published by: Royal Irish Academy
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25516081
There is a large earthfast multiple Bullaun Stone by the Riverside which runs under a bridge close (20 Metres) to the Ecclesiastical fragments housed in the Graveyard enclosure.
There is also an imperforate granite High Cross in the Church grounds and several fragmentary remains, Cross slabs and a large High Cross head housed in a small enclosure in the Graveyard.
An almost illegible and well worn Ogham Stone is also located here in the graveyard. At the time of visiting (2021) there were several interesting masony fragments and some type of trough also located here. An archaeologist would probably know more of what these were.
Approximately 100 metres from the site are the impressive ruins of Clonmore Castle.
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