Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Leighmoney Beg, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leighmoney Beg
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1939)
- Coordinates
- 51.73461, -8.61439
- SMR number
- CO111-026001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Entered from road at NE corner; rectangular graveyard (c. 70m E-W; c. 50m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 1.4m) with shallow external fosse. Heavily overgrown and apparently no longer in use; accessible headstones date from early 19th century, also visible some low uninscribed gravemarkers. Burial enclosure, of 19th century date, in SW corner. In centre are ruins of parish church of Leighmoney (CO111-026002-).
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.