What is recorded here

Grave Yd is a circular graveyard on the north side of Dunderrow crossroads, still receiving the dead after centuries of use. The southern edge is cut by the roadway, yet the rest remains bounded by a stone-faced bank, holding at least fifty-five named lives and a Roche chest tomb marked 1665. The parish church that gave the place its shape is gone, but the graveyard preserved the line of Dunderrow through every change.

On N side of Dunderrow crossroads; circular graveyard (diam. c. 65m); S half of boundary truncated by roadway, from which it is separated by stone wall; otherwise bounded by stone-faced earthen bank (for plan see Henchion 1971, 111). In occasional use; Henchion (ibid.) records 55 inscriptions; earliest headstones dates from 1730; Roche chest tomb has date 1665 on side panel (ibid.). No longer any visible trace of C of I church erected here in 1812 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 90) and described by Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 572) as 'a small handsome edifice, with a lofty square tower' (part of S wall visible in photo facing p 110, Henchion 1971); on site of ancient parish church of Dunderrow. Church here was in repair in 1639 (Brady ibid.) but by 1810 church in graveyard described as 'unsafe and not capable of receiving such repairs as may be safe and permanent' (Day 1913, 170). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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