What is recorded here

Death and bees both claimed Caheravart. The children's burial ground holds a circular stone pile wide enough for a small hut, while a decorated stone marks the edge of human memory. O'Brien saw a collapsed beehive dwelling in its shape, giving the place a double life: home for the living, resting ground for the young dead.

Located in a children's burial ground (CO102-024004-), within Cahervart early ecclesiastical enclosure (CO102-024002-). A circular flat-topped pile of stones (diam. 4m), with two depressions. O'Brien (1970, 65) suggests that this is a collapsed beehive hut. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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