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Children's burial ground in Crossterry West

Children's burial ground

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Deciduous trees break the grey sky above a children's burial ground where small stones still mark the lives lost before records began. The Kerry River whispers past the western bank, carrying breath into roots that hold what human hands forgot. Twenty metres east, a hidden passage waits beneath the soil, inviting the curious to walk where shadow and memory braid together.
In rough grazing land in a wooded area on the W bank of the Kerry River. An irregular area (16m NW-SE; 14m SW-NE) is, according to local information, a 'cillíneach' or children's burial ground. Deciduous trees grow around and within the area and small stones are visible on the surface. There is a Man-made underground passage (CO090-019002-) c. 20m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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