
What is recorded here
Marked 'Keil Burial Ground' on OS 6-inch map (1842). In pasture. No visible surface trace.
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
Keil Burial Ground is a portal dolmen dating to the Neolithic period. Its significance lies in its association with early megalithic funerary practices in west Cork.
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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