This small enclosure at Kilberrihert was recorded in the 1842 Ordnance Survey Name Books as a site where infant children were formerly buried, placing it within a tradition of cillíní, informal burial grounds used for unbaptised children and others excluded from consecrated ground. Such places were typically set apart from parish churchyards, often sited at ancient enclosures, boundaries, or liminal spots. By the time the Ordnance Survey revisited for its later editions, the ground was being described as disused, appearing that way on both the 1904 and 1938 six-inch maps, the enclosure itself shifting slightly in description from subcircular to circular across successive surveys.

The site carries at least one further layer of interest. An ogham stone, ogham being an early medieval script rendered as notched lines cut along the edge of a stone, was reportedly found in the vicinity in 1826, and Kilberrihert has been suggested as its likely origin. Whether the stone was already at the burial ground or simply nearby when discovered is unclear, but the association hints at a much older significance for this patch of ground, one that may predate its use as a children's cemetery by many centuries.