What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Cork holds a church inside its stone wall, proving that worship and death shared one roof before modern boundaries split them. Eighteenth-century headstones stand among countless uninscribed markers, suggesting that most locals buried their dead without names proud enough to carve. The Church of Ireland building waits immediately west, creating an unusual loop where the living congregation circles the very ground already claimed by the dead.

Rectangular area enclosed by stone wall. Inscribed headstones date from 18th century; numerous uninscribed gravemarkers throughout. Site of church (CO121-04903-) in interior; C of I church (CO121-098----) immediately W of graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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