Graveyard in Fermoy

Lane (2003, 41) reported the discovery of 'a small number of disarticulated human bones in the redeposited sandy subsoil' during archaeological monitoring at nos. 8-10 McCurtain St., Fermoy and suggests that they may represent burials from a graveyard associated with the 12th-century Cistercian abbey (vol. 4, 14384) some distance to the W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

A local ancient tomb; wider significance not recorded.