What is recorded here

Indicated is a Danish fort turned graveyard for strangers, its earthen bank rising half a metre above sloping soil in County Cork. Trees now hide the rim while buried bodies fill the circle, transforming a warrior stronghold into a quiet place for forgotten deaths. The field book of 1840 still calls it Kylerue Graveyard, preserving the moment martial pride became mortal mercy.

In S quadrant of graveyard, on SW-facing slope. Depicted as roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) named Kilroe Grave Yard and Kilroe Burial Gd. respectively on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps; burial ground extended to NW and NE on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Subcircular raised area (internal diam. 32m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.73m), topped by stone wall of graveyard E->NW. Bank planted with trees; modified on NE side where it forms a roughly straight line. Burials in interior, which slopes down gently to SW. According to Grove White (1913, vol. 3, 227), 'the Field Book of 1840 records: - Kylerue Graveyard - A Danish fort lately made a graveyard for strangers'. 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

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