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What is recorded here

Lasair's church vanished into Cork soil before surveyors drew their first lines, leaving only a buried rectangle and a field of dead. Bowman measured twenty-one feet of foundation in 1934, proving the worship space existed despite its absence from every earlier map. The site resists memory, hiding plain stone under grass while the burial ground above continues its quiet work.

Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; shown within burial ground (14140) on 1937 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace remains. Bowman (1934, 480) noted church dedicated to St Lasair; 'the foundation of the early church is easily distinguished in Northern end [of burial ground], it measures 21ft by 14'. 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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