Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Gortroe (condons And Clongibbon By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortroe (condons And Clongibbon By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.28926, -8.32381
- SMR number
- CO010-042001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In tillage. Depicted as D-shaped graveyard (c. 48m SW-NE; c. 20m NW-SE) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, defined by curving broken line to SE, slightly angled field boundary to NW; remains of church (14423) indicated in centre. Graveyard not shown on 1905 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. According to Power (1932, 96), 'known locally as Cill Ruadh; it is an untilled area about a quarter of an acre in extent...portion of which has been worked as a sandpit'. Holy well (13995) c. 130m to SW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.