Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Kill (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kill (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.36963, -9.82202
- SMR number
- KE020-001004-
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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
Marked on the 1841-42 OS map as 'Old Graveyard', this site does not appear on the later edition, In 1987 a souterrain containing the skeleton of a woman was discovered in this region and excavation was undertaken by Mary Cahill (NMI). She discovered that the souterrain (KE020-001002-) was sub-rectangular in plan and was constructed of small stones capped by large slabs. The fully extended skeleton of the woman was orientated E-W, the head facing W. A small spread of charcoal was noted near the upper right-hand side of the skeleton, which was recently radiocarbon dated to the 10th century.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 875. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.