Graveyard in Buavanagh, County Cork

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What is recorded here

On W side of road. Triangular graveyard, (c. 70m E-W; c. 120m N-S), enclosed by stone wall; entrance to E. In use; earliest headstone noted, located to E of church site, dated 1761. Site of Templemary Church (14453) N of centre. Church depicted as rectangular structure (c. 12m WSW-ENE; c. 7m NNW-SSE) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; remains of church 'traceable' according to OS Field Books of 1840 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 242); Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 236) refers to 'the ruins of an ancient church or chapel' here. No visible surface trace of church.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO016-198001

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