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Burial ground in Killissane

Burial ground
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In pasture, on NE side of road. Known locally as site of burial ground. Gates on either side of road were referred to as 'graveyard gates'. No visible surface trace remains. Power (1932, 111) notes 'cill, to N side of...public road, in a large field (near SE angle) on John Moynihan's farm.' The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO026-130

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