Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on the W-facing slope of a low hill, to the SW of a road. An irregular graveyard (min. L c. 91m NE-SW; min. Wth c. 52m NW-SE) enclosed by an uncoursed rubble wall (H c. 1.6m) which has been repaired recently. The entrance is in the E wall of the graveyard and a second entrance is marked by a stile at the S end of the W wall. Access to the E entrance from the main road is through a gate and stile and along an avenue (L 26m; Wth 5.5m). Cut-limestone pillars and a wrought iron gate mark the roadside entrance. There is a modern altar situated along the avenue. A path runs inside the perimeter wall. The ground is high in the NE sector and elsewhere falls from the NE down to the W and SW. There is a church (KE058-072002-) in the NE sector and the remains of a second structure to the SW of the church. Cut-stone and masonry tombs are concentrated within the church interior and outside it to the NW and SW. Many of the tombs are covered in overgrowth. Headstones date mainly to the 19th and 20th centuries. The earliest headstone noted dates to 1812. The graveyard is indicated as an irregular area (dims. c. 58m E-W; c. 50m N-S) outlined by dashes on the 1846 OS 6-inch map.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 31 January 2011