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Graveyard

Bellmount Lower, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Bellmount Lower, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Bellmount Lower
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard (1943)
Coordinates
51.84136, -8.82663
SMR number
CO083-075001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Approached by laneway from N, on SE side of Crookstown village; rectangular graveyard (c. 65m E-W; c. 50m N-S) enclosed by poorly preserved stone wall. In occasional use. At centre are ruins of Moviddy C of I parish church (CO083-075004-). Earliest noted headstone dated 1764; roofless mausoleum to E of church contains classical wall plaque dated 1719 (Anon. 1898-1900, 10-11); there are other family vaults in E section of graveyard and some chest tombs. The 1842 OS 6-inch map shows dotted circle labelled 'site of Old Building' (CO083-075002-) immediately N of graveyard; no visible surface trace. Glebe house (CO083-076----) c. 300m to ENE.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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