Lispatrick Burial Gd (Children)

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Marked 'Lispatrick Burial Ground' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Rectangular area (34m E-W; 26m N-S) enclosed by low earthen bank (ext. H 0.4m) with shallow internal fosse (D 0.2m). Interior divided in half by earthen bank (H 0.4m) running E-W; surface uneven in N half, with quartz stones exposed in NE corner. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A rectangular earthen enclosure, likely a Neolithic or early Bronze Age burial or ceremonial site, marked on the 1842 Ordnance Survey map. Its layout and features suggest a ritual or funerary function, though specific type remains undetermined.