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Friar's Bush Graveyard

County Antrim, United Kingdom

Friar's Bush Graveyard is the oldest Christian burial site in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. A mound in the graveyard is believed to date from the Neolithic period. It is located on the Stranmillis Road in South Belfast. It had a B1 listed status. Among the many trees found in the cemetery and ancient Irish yews, ash, maple and in the oldest part, chestnut. The majority of the historic headstones are made from sandstone and have, according to an academic study in 1983, badly weathered or broken.

Cemetery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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