Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Cork City, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cork City
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1950)
- Coordinates
- 51.89918, -8.47552
- SMR number
- CO074-035001-
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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 N side of Paul Street; roughly square graveyard (c. 25m N-S; c. 25m E-W) on S side of St. Paul's Church (CO074-03502-). Enclosed to N by church; to S by wall of cut limestone with fine entrance piers; to W by brick wall and to E by wall of random rubble. Now used as car park; in early 1970s gravestones on W side removed and redeposited on E side; headstones dating to late 18th/early 19th century now lean against E and S walls.
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
- Meeting-houseunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaque (present location)under 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.