What is recorded here

Grave Yd is a living graveyard on a west-facing Cork slope where eighteenth-century stones cluster inside an ancient ringfort and nineteenth-century markers stretch south toward the River Lee. People have kept returning to this exact spot for centuries, cutting through stone and memory to lay the dead beneath a sky that still moves across the water. The ringfort does not pretend to be new, nor does the graveyard pretend to be finished; both continue the same human argument with time.

Roadside; on gentle W-facing slope, commanding extensive view to W and NW across River Lee. Roughly rectangular graveyard (max. L c. 60m NNW-SSE;max. Wth c. 50m ENE-WSW) enclosed by stone wall; entrance in S wall at W end. Raised arc of ringfort (CO082-021002-) at N end. Headstones within ringfort area date from 18th century, while those to S date from 19th century; uninscribed grave-markers found in both areas; still in use. Enclosing wall of S half clearly later than wall to N, indicating that S part of graveyard is an extension. Also in ringfort are fragmentary remains of C of I church (CO082-021004-) and site of earlier church (CO082-021005-) to S. Possible holy well (CO082-021003-) near NW corner of graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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