What is recorded here

Kilgrogan Grave Yard is a rectangular limestone enclosure on a south-facing slope in County Cork, still receiving the dead nearly two centuries after its earliest known stone was set in 1794. The path marked on a 1936 map has vanished beneath tillage, leaving only the western entrance with its tall cut-stone piers to announce the site. Inside, vegetation presses against headstones spanning from 1794 to 1987, suggesting the buried parish church did not disappear so much as withdraw beneath grass and patience.

In tillage, on S-facing slope; pathway shown approaching site on 1936 OS 6-inch map no longer evident. Rectangular graveyard (28m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by well-built limestone wall; entrance to W with tall cut-stone piers. Interior overgrown; earliest headstone noted dated 1794; in occasional use, most recent headstone dated 1987. Probably once contained parish church of Kilgrogan. 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.