Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Killeenagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeenagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15807, -9.90678
- SMR number
- KE045-079----
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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
The burial ground from which this townland derives its name lies on the W bank of the small stream which forms the townland boundary. It is an irregular oval in plan, defined along its E side by the stream and along its W side by a low, natural scarp, the external ground level being higher than that of the burial ground. It measures a maximum of c. 62m N-S x 25m E-W. The only features visible in the interior are 2 grass-grown mounds of stones, and a number of low uprights, up to .9m high, which form a roughly ziz-zag line, 4m long. It is not known what these represent.
About 50m to NW of the burial ground are 4 low uprights, up to .45m high, which may be grave-markers. Digging around these revealed what appeared to be empty graves (local information).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 900. 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
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.