Graveyard in Ballynalacken, County Cork

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What is recorded here

To S of road. Trapezoidal graveyard (c. 35m N-S; c. 50m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank topped with hedge; entrance to N via stile and gate with piers. Ruin of parish church of Leitrim (14396) in centre. Graveyard in use, earliest headstone noted dated 1779; some low uninscribed gravemarkers also noted; displaced headstones piled against E end of church. Only headstones to N of church are of recent date.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO028-030001

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