What is recorded here

Eyeries children’s burial ground lies just south of the village in County Cork, a small fenced grazing field marked by plain stones and one cross-inscribed cross. The local community still tends the place, keeping the grass short and the boundary visible beside the rock outcrop. Children may have been laid to rest there before adults, their names lost but their shapes still holding the field quiet.

Known locally as a burial ground or cillin, this site is just south of the village of Eyeries. It is shown and marked as a burial ground on the 25’’ OS Map, but not the earlier editions. It is a sub-rectangular area of rough grazing with a rock outcrop at its highest point, fenced off and maintained by the local community. There are numerous plain stone grave markers and a single cross-inscribed cross near the entrance. Compiled by: Tony Miller Date of upload/revision: 4 March 2022

A cillin, or children's burial ground, associated with early Christian or medieval-period practices; reflects local traditions of burying unbaptized or stillborn children outside main churchyards.

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