Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Kilmeany, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmeany
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.43630, -9.40251
- SMR number
- KE011-035002-
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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
This burial ground would appear to have been cut in half by a fieldbank, and there are no surface remains of the site in the field to the SW. All that remains today is a semi-circular earthen enclosure (KE011-035001-) measuring internally 28m NE-SW and 45m NW-SE. The interior is raised considerably above the surrounding land. A quarry has slightly cut the SW corner of this site. An earthen ridge running across the interior of this site in an E-W direction measures c 6m wide at the base. A1.4m wide fosse would appear to run along this bank on the N side.
The external height of the bank measures .6m-.8m, the internal height of the bank .3m-1.3m and the width of the bank at the base c 6m. The highest point of the interior measures 4m above the surrounding land.
This site is marked on the 1841-42 OS map as 'Kilmeany Burial Ground' and on the 1939 map as 'Kilmorna Burial Ground (disused)'.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 864. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.