Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Kilmore (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47935, -9.69801
- SMR number
- KE009-002----
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Killeen burial ground is enclosed by a stone wall c 1.4m thick and c 2m in maximum height. The internal diameter measures 29.6m N-S and 26.2m E-W. A 1.6m wide gate is situated in the E wall. Numerous single stones are to be noted in the interior, and in the SW sector there is a large slab which is now broken. The 'Seven Churches' site of Kilmore lies SE of this site (KE009-009----).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 853. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bastioned fortunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.