Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Crossterry West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crossterry West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.76586, -9.59851
- SMR number
- CO090-019001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough grazing land in a wooded area on the W bank of the Kerry River. An irregular area (16m NW-SE; 14m SW-NE) is, according to local information, a 'cillíneach' or children's burial ground. Deciduous trees grow around and within the area and small stones are visible on the surface. There is a souterrain (CO090-019002-) c. 20m to the E.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Tunnel1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.