Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
An Blascaod Mór, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Blascaod Mór
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10529, -10.51104
- SMR number
- KE051-002003-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is no visible trace of 'the ruins of a very ancient church' which were recorded here in 1756 (Smith, 183). The church appears to have stood in the burial ground KE051-002003- which occupies a small headland known as Rinn an Chaisleáin. The latter is also reputedly the site of a castle (KE051-002001-), and tooled masonry, uncovered in the past during excavation of a grave (Stagles 1980, 26), may be associated with either edifice.
The unconsecrated burial ground was used for the burial of unbaptised infants, shipwrecked sailors and suicides, and several grave-markers, consisting of low, upright stones, and drystone-built graves are still visible in the interior.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 976. 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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.