Burial Ground (Disused)

In tillage on ESE-facing slope. Marked 'Burial Ground' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Raised trapezoidal area (23m N-S; max. Wth 23m; min. Wth 8.9m) partially enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) to S and W. Break in W bank at S end. No grave markers noted; heavily overgrown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A local ancient tomb; wider significance not recorded.