Childrens Burial Gd (Disused)

Marked 'Burial Ground' on OS 6-inch map (1842). In pasture. Subrectangular area (L 20m; Wth c. 12m) defined by scarp (H 0.8m) to E and wall to W. Low gravemarkers noted. Bullaun stone (CO142-014---) to S of burial ground. 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 ground, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its association with a bullaun stone suggests ritual or ceremonial significance in the local prehistoric landscape.