What is recorded here

Crushnalanaur is a triangular grass-covered burial ground at the centre of a Cork crossroads, holding unbaptized children according to local story. The small earth disc sits where roads collide, marking a boundary between the living and the forgotten. It is a quiet wound in the landscape, remembering what formal religion refused to claim.

Triangular grass-covered area (12m x 10m) at centre of Crushnalanauv crossroads. According to local information unbaptized children buried here. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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