What is recorded here

Cill or Ceall is a burial ground on an east-facing slope in County Cork, Ireland. Its penannular bank once enclosed a rocky chamber where tradition places the dead, but quarrying and levelling have opened the north side to the sky. The remaining scarp still marks the edge of that forgotten room, preserving a shape the land barely remembers.

Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured irregular enclosure on S side of rock outcrop; on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps as hachured penannular raised area open to N, where quarry cuts into interior. In pasture, on E-facing slope. Interior defined by scarp (H 0.8m) NE->SW; much of NE quadrant quarried away; enclosing bank to N levelled c. 1976-1986. Interior surface uneven and broken by rock outcrop; crossed by low NE-SW field boundary. According to local information, tradition of burials here. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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