What is recorded here
In rough grazing on low lying ground to E of River Ilen. Inaccessible due to overgrowth; some burial markers noted.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
A Neolithic children's burial; significant as a rare example of specialised infant interment in the Cork region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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