What is recorded here

Children's Burial Ground in County Cork appeared on an 1842 map, yet no markers remain beneath the pasture's overgrowth. The land may have held small bodies, but time and grass have erased the proof. What is left is a hidden shape in the field, waiting to be remembered rather than read.

Marked 'Children's Burial Ground' on OS 6-inch map (1842). In pasture. Irregular area defined by heavy overgrowth. No grave markers noted. 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

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