Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Lisgoold East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgoold East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd (1936)
- Coordinates
- 51.97187, -8.23006
- SMR number
- CO065-008001-
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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
On hillside, on S side of road; shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular graveyard (c. 60m E-W; c. 45m N-S) with church in NW quadrant; extension to N later than 1936 OS 6-inch map. Enclosed on E and W sides by stone wall, concrete block wall on N and S sides. Inscribed headstones date from 1757 (Coleman 1910-12c). Still in use. Site of ancient parish church (CO065-008002-) of Lisgoold; church here in ruins in 1615 and entireley gone by 1694 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 306-9); new C of I church built in 1789 (ibid., 311) of which there is now no visible trace.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.