Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ballynacorra, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacorra
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1933)
- Coordinates
- 51.89777, -8.17342
- SMR number
- CO076-042002-
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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 S shore of tidal stretch in Owennacurra river, c. 500m W of Ballynacorra village; roughly triangular yard (c. 60m N-S; c. 60m E-W), enclosed by stone wall to S and W, shoreline to NE. Ruins of parish church of Ballynacorra (CO076-04203-) near shoreline to N. In occasional use; inscribed headstones date from 1740 (Henchion 1990); decorated headstone, dated 1743, shows 'skeleton, representing Death... holding the Scythe of Time. The hourglass, another attribute of Time, counter balances this on the left' (O'Shea 1988, 78). At SE corner, just inside gate, ruins of watch house: gabled rectangular structure (4m E-W; 3m N-S) with door in W wall and fireplace in E wall; according to Henchion (ibid.) inhabited 'within living memory'.
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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Maltingsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.