Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Coill Bhaile Uí Fhlaithimh , County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coill Bhaile Uí Fhlaithimh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.21925, -9.99080
- SMR number
- KE036-021002-
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
An Reilig or an Cheallúnach: This burial ground was described in the OSNB (Killiney, 42) as 'a circular spot about 3 chains (60m) in diameter, but undefined', with numerous old graves and headstones visible in the interior. It was disused at that time and it is marked only as 'site of' on the 2nd edition of the OS map. Several cist graves were still visible in 1946 (CKFC, 678) and these were described as mounds of stone enclosed by a series of standing stones. The site is now marked only by a scatter of loose stones in a roughly rectangular field. There is a tradition that a church once stood on the site (An Seabhac 1939, 275).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 899. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.