Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Fán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.10581, -10.41135
- SMR number
- KE052-266002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
Templebeg/An Teampall Beag: According to Macalister the graveyard was used as a burial ground for unbaptised children in the 19th century.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 984. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Macalister, R. A. S. 1899 On an Ancient Settlement in the South-West of the Barony of Corkaguiney, County of Kerry. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 31, 209-392.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Water mill - horizontal-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.