What is recorded here

Grave Yard holds six rows of inscribed headstones and many more low markers beside the ruined parish church of Little Island, preserving burials from 1715 onward. The L-shaped plot now sits inside an industrial estate, yet the dead still occupy the space beneath factory noise and traffic. What once belonged to St Lappan's Churchyard has become a hidden chamber of memory, where ordinary working life overlaps with centuries of grief and forgetfulness.

In flat area of waste ground, inside industrial estate; formerly in grounds of Little Island house. L-shaped graveyard (21m E-W; 12m N-S), to E and S of ruined parish church of Little Island (CO075-02002-), N walls of church and graveyard in line. Enclosed by low stone wall with concrete cap. Six rows of inscribed headstones and many rows of low uninscribed gravemarkers. Area of burial extends inside church and into annexe at W gable. Many 18th century inscriptions, earliest noted dates to 1715. According to Coleman (1904-6e) known as 'St Lappan's Churchyard'. 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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