Delliga Burial Ground, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Named 'Delliga Church Yard' on 1842 OS 6-inch map; 'Delliga Burial Ground' on 1905 OS 6-inch map. On W side of Freemount/Milford road. Rectangular area (45m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank planted with trees; SE bank stone-faced externally, broken by entrance gate. Interior slopes gently down to SE; c. 17 inscribed headstones noted; earliest, to Barry family, dated 1758; many low uninscribed grave markers. Not in use.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO006-058

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