What is recorded here

No grave markers remain on the southern arc of the Gullaun West ring-barrow, yet local memory insists unbaptised infants slept beneath that soil. A lone hawthorn still stands nearby, dropping white flowers across the hidden dead. The children never received church rites, but the earth gave them a boundary and the village gave them a name.

On or near the outer bank of a ring-barrow (KE060-004001-). According to local information, the outer bank of the ring-barrow along the S arc was used for the burial of unbaptised infants. There are no visible remains of any graves or grave-markers here but there is a hawthorn tree close by. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.