Burial Gd

Protestant graveyard mentioned by Burke (1918, 29) is near the junction of High Street and Chapel Street in Skibbereen. Named Chapel Grave Yard on O.S. 1st ed. map and Grave Yd. on 2nd ed. Walled frontage on Chapel Lane; gateway at NW corner. Seldom used; several headstones and chest tombs. (Zajac et al. 1995, 90) 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