Ecclesiastical enclosure in Kilphelan, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture. Penannular arc (c. 60m NNW-SSE) indicated SE->NNE on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with graveyard occupying W half of interior; only D-shaped graveyard (14597) indicated on 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. W half of enclosure survives as graveyard, E half levelled. Described by Power (1932, 63) as an 'ancient cemetery which still retains its circular outline and enclosing fence'. Broken millstone lies on ground immediately to S of enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO019-064003

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