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Grave Yard (Disused) — Killeens (cork By.)

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Adjacent to farmyard, 50m NW of road; roughly oval-shaped graveyard (c. 40m E-W; c. 20m N-S) with ruins of church (CO074-01002-) approximately at centre. Gravemarkers (low, uninscribed H c. 0.4m) confined to subrectangular raised area (12.2m E-W: 6m N-S; max. H 0.6m) immediately to W of church; defined to E, S and W by stone-faced scarp, undefined to N. Graveyard defined to N by arc of low earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m); to E by natural scarp and to SE and S by sloping rock outcrop. On E side, c. 6m from church, well-constructed cairn of stones (H 1.5m; diam. c. 2.3m). 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

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