Burial ground

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Rectangular area (17m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by field fence to S; enclosing element obscured by overgrowth elsewhere. Three low rectangular mounds of earth and stone are evenly placed along N perimeter (measurements from W to E respectively; H 0.25m; 1.6m x 1.3m: H 0.35m; 1.6m x 1.5m: H 0.6m; 1.6m x 1.4m). Two slabs protrude from hillslope c. 1m S of E and W mounds; each partially covered with loose stones; one of these is possibly the 'flat stone c. 4ft 3ins by 3ft 2ins' referred to by Bowman (1934, 254) as 'evidently a tomb stone'. Interior slopes steeply downhill from S to N; shallow hollow in SW corner. According to local information, site has never been cultivated and one slab marks burial place of "Caseys". Bowman (ibid.) described site as burial ground '22 yds in diameter' with 'fence...practically levelled...no sign of the early church'.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009