What is recorded here

Killeen Burial Ground is an oval stone-ringed field in County Cork where uninscribed markers still crowd the southern soil. The ring measured thirty-six by thirty-two metres when first mapped, but field removal around 1985 flattened most of the bank. The surviving markers suggest continuous use across centuries, perhaps marking neighbours, travellers or forgotten families whose names never reached stone.

Shown as hachured subcircular area on 1842 OS 6-inch map; indicated as subcircular field on 1904 OS 6-inch map. Oval area (36m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by stone bank (H 1.4m) SE->NW; remainder of bank levelled during removal of surrounding fields c. 1985. Area (22m E-W; 14m N-S) on S side of interior remains undisturbed, with many uninscribed grave markers. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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