What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Gd is a forgotten burial ground hidden in rough grazing east of River Ilen. Overgrowth has swallowed the path, yet markers still break through the grass like broken teeth. The site holds children, not adults, suggesting a separate grief or a separate law. What died young there may have belonged to a family, a fever, or a season when the river took more than it should have.

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.

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