Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Inch, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inch
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd (1935)
- Coordinates
- 51.80164, -8.17533
- SMR number
- CO100-013001-
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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
Approached by short passage from crossroads to E; roughly square graveyard (c. 50m N-S; c. 50m E-W), still in use. Earliest headstone noted dates to 1725 and is decorated with first occurence in Imokilly of 'Circle around the Cross and Sacred Monogram' (O'Shea 1988, 70). Near centre, remains of parish church of Inch (CO100-01302-). At N end, C of I church built 1831 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 233): plain rectangular gabled structure; roof intact; perpendicular tracery in E window, switchline tracery in lancets in S and N walls; bellcote on W gable added 1898, gabled vestry at W end is also late addition.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.