What is recorded here

Two grass-covered mounds stand nine metres apart on North Cork, marking the lost church and its burial ground. The oval mound beside a deep hollow suggests a building foundation, while the rounder mound behind may have held graves or a smaller structure. Locals still call the site a fairy ring, blending Christian memory and older imagination in the same soil.

Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; marked within burial ground (14143) on 1937 OS 6-inch map. According to Bowman (1934, 161), 'grass-covered mounds mark the site on North'. The two mounds survive standing 9m apart. The first, is oval in plan (3.5m NE-SW; 4.5m NW-SE; H 0.6m) with overgrown hollow (7.5m NE-SW; c. 3m NW-SE; D 0.8m) adjacent to SE side; second to S (5m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE) is subcircular in plan. Locally known as 'fairy ring' and burial ground. 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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