Cillín, burial ground in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In tillage, on S-facing slope. Sub-rectangular platform defined by low scarp. At W side two upright stones (H 1.45m; 0.95m x 0.26m: H 1.1m; 1.06mx 0.23m) flank low rectangular stone with subrectangular socket (D 0.03m;0.16m x 0.12m) on top surface. 'Small cross-head (H 10 ins) with plinth', axe-mould and arc of 'outer rampart enclosing two-three acres' noted by Power (1951, 59). No surface evidence for burials or outer enclosure. Stones removed and cillín levelled c. 1990.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO046-048

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