What is recorded here

Ballymodan Grave Yd is a living burial ground where uninscribed markers crowd the southeast quadrant, proving death still arrives without warning or ceremony. The irregular stone boundary holds more than bones; it holds the forgotten names of everyone the district refused to remember. People may have stopped carving words because they believed the land would carry them instead.

In early ecclesiastical enclosure (CO110-033001-). Irregular area enclosed to N and W by stone wall, and by stone-faced earthen bank to S. Many uninscribed grave markers in SE quadrant. Burial ground still in use. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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