Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Felane West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Felane West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.65683, -9.85700
- SMR number
- CO115-151----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 pasture, on an E-W ridge in Berehaven Golf Course. A roughly rectangular area (10m N-S; c. 8m E-W), known locally as a 'cillíneach' or children's burial ground. It contains uninscribed grave-markers (max. H 0.4m) generally orientated N-S. Quartz stones occur intermittently throughout the burial ground, which is maintained clear of overgrowth by Golf Club personnel, and a holly tree stands in the centre. Tall recently erected slabs, standing at intervals, mark the perimeter of the burial ground and there is also a modern cross-inscribed plaque inscribed 'An Cillineach RIP'.
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
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.