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Burial ground in Skenakilla

Burial ground

What is recorded here

An invisible church and burial ground occupy the north-west corner of an ordinary field. The earth may hide low stones, forgotten bodies and abandoned prayers, while cattle still walk across the deleted sanctuary. What disappeared from sight has not stopped occupying the place.
In NW corner of field. Known locally as site of church and burial ground; according to local information low stones occured in burial ground. No visible surface trace of site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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