Cilleen, burial ground in County Cork

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What is recorded here

Named 'Burial Ground (Disused)' on 1905 OS 6-inch map. In SE quadrant of early ecclesiastical enclosure (13874). Roughly quadrant-shaped area (22m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by arc of enclosure E->S and by two-stone built banks (H 0.6m int.; 0.4m ext.) at right angles to each other. Many low uninscribed grave markers noted, all aligned E-W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO035-033004

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