Killevin Church, Graveyard Bank
Date December 2007
Event ID 966295
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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This is a short section of the earlier graveyard bank (site A) which extends
beyond the drystone wall of the current graveyard, northwards into the NTS ground. It measures c. 20m long and 4m wide and stands c. 0.6m high. A small trial trench was excavated into this feature in 2003 (Alexander 2003). The trench was 5m long, 1m wide, and was excavated 4.4m outside the existing drystone wall which forms the northwestern boundary of the graveyard. The trench was excavated to examine a scarped edge, 0.6m high, on this side of the graveyard which might represent either a continuation of the earlier church boundary wall or indeed part of the church itself. Excavation revealed a bank of stone 0.7m high and at least 2.2m wide comprised of large boulders some over 0.6m long by 0.2m thick. On the north-western edge of this stone bank were some smaller stones perhaps tumble from which a sherd of green glazed medieval pottery, slag, charcoal and burnt bone were recovered.
(CRA07 008)
Information from NTS (SCS) November 2013
