Kill Bur. Gd. (Children) (Disused) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Kill Burial Gd. for Children marks a small rectangular pasture in County Cork where children were laid to rest. A low scarp and stone wall still outline the space, while a faint mound and gentle surface bumps hint at the buried lives within. The ground has stood disused and quiet since at least the nineteenth century, holding its small purpose without needing a monument to be remembered.

Marked 'Kill Burial Gd. for Children' on OS 6-inch map (1842). In pasture. Rectangular area (14.4m N-S; 13.6m E-W) defined by scarp to N, E and S (H 0.7m); stone wall (H 0.5m) to W. Low mound (L 2m; Wth 1.5m; H 0.2m) to N in interior; some surface undulations may mark burials. 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

Neolithic rectangular passage tomb, c. 3500–2500 BCE. Its layout and orientation suggest ritual significance related to early agrarian communities in the region.

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