Children's burial ground in Ardagh (bear By.)

In pasture, on a N-facing slope on the S side of a roadside field boundary on the N side of Bere Island. A rectangular area (10m E-W; 5m N-S) enclosed by a field boundary at N and elsewhere by a stone wall (H 1m). The interior is largely obscured by briars and bushes. According to local information, this is a 'cillíneach' or children's burial ground. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009