What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Ground occupies a narrow triangular slope in County Cork, Ireland, where stone walls and a northern scarp trap shadow and silence. Grass and forgotten markers blur the boundary between living land and dead children, suggesting a community set aside a small corner for its most vulnerable members. The geometry remains clear even when the names have vanished, forcing visitors to measure loss in metres rather than years.

On S-facing slope. Roughly triangular area (18m N-S; 16m NE-SW; 10m E-W) enclosed by stone walls to E and W; scarp to N. Some possible grave markers in interior; overgrown. 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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