What is recorded here

Grave Yard is a small private graveyard within the Castle Cooke demesne in County Cork, holding only a few headstones and a burial vault for the Cooke Collis family. The earliest stone is dated 1842, beside the ruin of their private church on a gentle east-facing slope. It is not a public cemetery but a family chamber set into farmland, where death was kept close enough to walk past daily and far enough from the village to remain their own.

In farmland, on gentle E-facing slope, within Castle Cooke demesne. Trapezoidal graveyard (c. 25m E-W; c. 40m N-S) enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank; gate, with stone-built piers, near W end of N side. Interior partially overgrown, planted with mature trees. Ruin of private church (14706) to N of centre. Contains only a few headstones, the earliest dated 1842, and a burial vault, all connected with Cooke Collis family of nearby Castle Cooke (14867). 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.