What is recorded here

Belgooly river estuary, disused burial ground, County Cork. People died there, stopped coming back, soil forgot their names. Scrub still grows across the place where forgetfulness began.

In tillage on S-facing slope overlooking Belgooly river estuary. Marked 'Site of Burial Ground' on 1842 OS 6-inch map; 'Disused' on 1902 map. Area of scrub vegetation now marks site. No grave markers noted. 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

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