Aghanloo Old Churchyard, Aghanloo Road, Rathfad, Limavady, Co Londonderry is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Aghanloo Old Churchyard, Aghanloo Road, Rathfad, Limavady, Co Londonderry
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-passage-wax
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
Graveyard abutting Aghanloo Road enclosed by a circular basalt wall approximately 1½ metres high. Wall strengthened with concrete facing in field to north. Ground level of graveyard rises approximately one metre from top of wall dropping sharply to the floor of the former church (which aligns with top of the boundary wall). Entrance from Aghanloo Road at southern end via a low strap iron gate and square basalt pillars. Recess in grass banks leads directly to former church. No visible remains of the building can be seen but the plan can be clearly recognised from the regular rectangular recess. This aligns east-west it is 50 feet long by 23 feet 8 inches wide (i.e. 15.2 metres x 7.2 metres). To the north of the church is the grave of Reverend George V Sampson enclosed in a decorated iron railing and wall. To the east two yew trees. To the south west a second enclosure containing the graves of the Martin family. There are a number of other grave stones and slabs.
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