
What is recorded here
Children's Burial Ground in County Cork, Ireland. The site is a circular area about 20m across, enclosed by an almost levelled bank. It lies in pasture with no grave markers noted. The 1842 OS 6-inch map marked it as a children's burial ground, while the wider world continued to turn past it.
Marked 'Children's Burial Ground' on OS 6-inch map (1842). In pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by almost levelled bank. No grave 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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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