Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Garryvoe Lower, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garryvoe Lower
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1935)
- Coordinates
- 51.87307, -8.00410
- SMR number
- CO077-037001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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 W side of road, 200m S of Garryvoe crossroads; irregular shaped graveyard (c. 60m E-W; 30m N-S) which contains ruins of parish church of Garryvoe (CO077-03702-) to N of centre. Church is built on platform which extends to S and E of structure; older gravemarkers are confined to this area and inside church; earliest headstone dates to 1751 (Coleman 1907-9c), decorated with 'large Cherub and scroll border terminals' (O'Shea 1988, 80). In occasional use with new burials to W of church.
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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.