What is recorded here
A burial ground noted in OS Letters as a cillín in the 1830's (O'Flanagan (ed. )1927, 65).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 28 July 2018
Cillín (children's burial ground), likely 18th- to 19th-century. Such sites were used for the burial of unbaptised or stillborn children, reflecting historical religious and cultural practices in Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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