Cilleen

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. 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

Early Christian cemetery, likely 6th–10th century AD. Associated with an early ecclesiastical site, indicating its significance as a religious and burial centre in the medieval period.