What is recorded here

Marianne and David watched the camera woman leave Castlecor Demesne. They had not expected her to film the stone woman, but she pointed her lens at the entrance gate and began recording before asking them a single question. David stepped back from the path. Marianne touched the edge of her coat, aware that the camera had turned their visit into evidence for someone else's story.

A stone carving of a female head with flowing locks is built into the wall to the right of the entrance gate of the graveyard (CO023-051001-). See Grove White (1905-25, vol. 3, 227 and photograph opp. 229). 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

Likely dating to the early Christian or medieval period, the stone sculpture may represent a saint or local figure, possibly linked to burial traditions or protective symbolism. Its placement near a graveyard suggests a spiritual or commemorative function.

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