Burial Ground (Disused) — Report the wrong picture

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Disuse is a human word; the ground keeps doing what it learned. That is why people still bring unborn and unsteady children there, even when churches refuse. The circle does not argue. It holds what others will not touch, waits for rain, and gives back quiet.

In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (27.8m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by low scarp (ext. H 1.35m) N->S; low earthen bank (ext. H 0.2m; int. H 0.5m) S->N. External line of retaining stones set edge to edge (H 0.4m) N->SE; occurring irregularly SE->N. Standing stone (CO045-096002-) set radially in bank to SE. Interior level; slightly raised on E side and cut into hillslope on W side; some possible grave-markers noted. Known locally as famine burial ground. Still used for burial of unbaptised infants in Powers time (1917, 28). 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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