Burial Ground (Disused) in Benduff, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In tillage, beside road just N of entrance to Benduff Castle (Castle Salem) (CO134-036001-). Quaker burial ground identified by D-shaped island of untilled land, at E side of field, with large tree at centre; on N side of tree simple rectangular tomb of William Morris; according to local tradition the erection of this tomb so distressed the Quakers that no further burials took place.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO134-037

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