Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ardcanaght, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardcanaght
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Killeen Old Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen Old Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 52.16603, -9.72500
- SMR number
- KE047-037----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture on S facing slope with good views of Cluain Hill. Children's burial ground in the townland of Ardcanaght (Aird Chánachta/hill of the Tribute), in the parish of Kilgarrylander, diocese of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy. Raised area (dims. c. 24m N-S x 14m E-W) with central depression (diam. c. 8m) in NE corner of field marks site of Children's Burial Ground. Annotated 'Killeen Old Burial Ground' on 1841 ed. OS 6-inch map where it is shown as a rectangular shaped area transected at E by field boundary running N-S located in NE corner of field. Area of uncultivated land in NE corner of field visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Two ogham stones were discovered inside this burial ground by the Tralee Field Club. They were removed from this burial ground and placed beside a standing stone (KE047-026----) decorated with rock art known as the Ardcanaght Stone which stands in a field 330m to the N.
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Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ogham stone (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.