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On W side of road; subrectangular graveyard (60m E-W; 50m N-S) enclosed by stone wall; extended to S about 1840 to accommodate newly built C of I church. Still in use; earliest inscribed headstones noted date to 1770s; many low uninscribed grave markers. In centre ruins of ancient parish church of Ballymartle (CO098-02702-). C of I church built between 1837 and 1842: low-gabled rectangular church with plain buttresses on N and S walls flanking windows. Vestry/lobby added at W end and four-sided apse attached to E gable in 1870s (Cole 1903, 17); still in use.
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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