What is recorded here

Graveyard in Banteer is a lost burial ground hidden inside an ordinary Cork field. Bowman saw a broken fence, grassy mounds and two white thorn trees in 1934, but later visits found only faint bumps under the soil. The dead may still lie beneath the farm land, forgotten by everyone except the field itself.

This graveyard was referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 4 North Cork' (2000, 569) under the entry (no. 14464) for a possible church (CO031-049003-). The refererence to the graveyard in the entry reads: 'Bowman (1934, 231) recorded church site and burial ground (CO031-049002-) on J. Morrissey's land; where 'about one-third of the surrounding fence still stands. The site measures 50 yards by 35, and is in the centre of a field. Grass-covered mounds on the north side indicate the site of church. Two white thorn trees grow on the church-site.' No visible surface trace.' Notes in the SMR database for this record are as follows: 'In tillage, on gentle SW-facing slope. Arc (C 35m), formed by hachured bank SSE-NNW depicted on 1938 OS 6-inch map; in N extension to field, formed by curving field boundary W-SE, but not concentric with site. Levelled; barely perceptible undulations visible in field. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 231) as church site and burial ground on J. Morrissey's land; where 'about one-third of the surrounding fence still stands. The site measures 50 yards by 35, and is in the centre of a field. Grass-covered mounds on the north side indicate the site of church. Two white thorn trees grow on the church-site.' 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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