Grave Yard (Disused) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Moss holds the rude stones while cattle graze beside them, marking a place where forgotten children may have slept without baptism. The church ruin still casts its shadow across the grass, proving that love and fear both built this quiet field before people stopped coming.

In level pasture. Within early ecclesiastical enclosure (13883); deserted rural borough (14638) immediately to W. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular area (c. 50m NNE-SSW; c. 40m WSW-ENE) enclosed by field fence to S, W and N, and defined by broken line to E; shown on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps as small area (c. 15m NNW-SSE; c. 20m WNW-ENE) to S and immediately E of church, enclosed by broken line, with field fence to W. Subrectangular graveyard (25m E-W; 15.5m N-S), delimited by ruin of parish church of Kilmaclenine (14434) to N and enclosed by low, wide bank of earth and stone to E (L 6.6m), by shallow fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 2.8m) to S and by earthen field boundary to W. No gravemarkers evident. Caulfield (1882, 12) noted 'cemetery' used only for burial of unbaptised children; an account of 1881 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 3, 316) describes graveyard as unenclosed, only distinguishable from surrounding fields by moss-grown 'rude stones', and long disused. 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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