Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ballynamona (barretts By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamona (barretts By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.08846, -8.63604
- SMR number
- CO042-011001-
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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
Roadside; rectangular graveyard (c. 90m SW-NE; c. 40m NW-SE); former C of Iparish church of Ballynamona (9571), just W of centre, built over ruins ofearlier parish church, during the demolition of which, Smith (1750, vol. 1, 173-4) mentions the discovery of 'a large spur, and the head of an antique spear', which he attributed to knight of nearby Mourne Abbey (9483). No longer in use; inscribed headstones date from mid-18th century; earlier this century described as 'thickly studded with headstones belonging to Roman Catholics' (Fitzgerald 1917-20, 163).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.