What is recorded here

Burial Ground in County Cork remains active inside a subrectangular earthen enclosure, its stone-faced bank guarding gravestones, a southern vault and a large Murphy family plot. First marked as GraveYard on the 1842 OS map, the place has continued receiving the dead while holding a possible off-centre church to the southwest. The laneway still leads north from its gateway, carrying living feet past generations already at rest.

Indicated as subrectangular enclosure and named 'GraveYard on 1842 OS 6-inch map; two small rectangular structures indicated, one in centre, the other in SE corner; possible internal division indicated by dotted line extending E-W off centre to N. Named 'Burial Ground' on 1905 OS 6-inch map and similarly indicated but without any internal elements. Within N half of early ecclesiastical enclosure (13885). Subrectangular area (c. 95m NW-SE; c. 65m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.4m). Bank stone-faced externally; inner face terraced (H 0.5m; Wth 1.8m) to W and in places to S. Many gravestones present; oldest noted dated 1790; vault on S side; large Murphy family plot in centre. Entrance gateway at N end of E side; short section of stone walling on each side; laneway extends to NNE to join with public road. Burial ground still in use. Possible church (14512) off-centre to SW. 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 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

A subrectangular early medieval burial enclosure; significance relates to its map-recorded history and possible internal division suggesting complex funerary or ritual use.

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