Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Cloontubbrid North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloontubbrid North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47726, -9.43530
- SMR number
- KE011-003----
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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
All that remains of this site is a low, sub-rectangular earthen mound measuring 17.8m long and 4.6m wide, and .45m above the surrounding land. Quite a large amount of stones are visible. On the 1841-42 OS map this site is marked as a killeen for children.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 863. 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
- Enclosure1 mi
- Fulacht fia1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.