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What is recorded here

No church remains in that Cork field, only a low mound of stones with a whitethorn tree at each end. The trees may have marked the place long before anyone thought to draw it, holding the shape of a building that water, rain and forgetting had already removed. Children were buried nearby, which means the church was not a grand distant idea but a working part of ordinary life: a place for birth, death, marriage and the small daily prayers people still speak when they are tired.

Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; marked within ringfort (12030) on 1937 OS 6-inch map; childrens burial ground (14060) also shown. According to Bowman (1934, 486), 'a mound of stones, having a whitethorn tree at each end, marks the site of church.' No visible surface trace remains. 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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