What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Ground occupies the northeast quadrant of an early ecclesiastical enclosure in County Cork, Ireland. A tear-shaped stone scarp rings many north-south gravemarkers beside the central church remains and a low rectangular structure. The place still suggests a crowded sacred landscape where ordinary people laid their dead near the buildings they loved.

In NE quadrant of early ecclesiastical enclosure (CO148-017001-).Tear-shaped area defined by stone-faced scarp (H 0.6m). Many gravemarkers (long axis N-S) noted. In centre remains of church (CO148-017003-); adjacent to NE corner, low remains of rectangular structure (8m E-W; 10m N-S); W wall clearest discernible part (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m). 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

Christian burial ground, medieval period. Associated with an early ecclesiastical site, indicating the area's historical role in local religious activity.

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