What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Gd is a disused burial ground on a west-facing slope in County Cork, Ireland. A sub-circular area about thirty metres across cuts into the hillside, its saucer-shaped interior bounded by a 1.6m scarp and low internal lips. The ground remains quiet in pasture, marked only by its ancient shape and the memory of the children it held.

In pasture on W-facing slope. Sub-circular area (diam. c. 30m) cut into hill-slope to N. Interior saucer shaped; defined by scarp (H 1.6m), with internal lip (H 0.4m) to SW and NW; low bank to S. Used as burial ground (CO133-006002-). 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

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