Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ardraw, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardraw
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.08756, -9.72196
- SMR number
- KE057-109----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This site, locally known as a cillín, is not marked on the OS maps. It occurs at the upper end of a field which slopes downhill to S and occupies a relatively level area that measures 8m N-S x 47m E-W in overall dimensions. A 3m wide earthen bank defines its W and N limits, while trees and overgrowth mark its edges elsewhere. The interior of the site has a concentration of small boulders which may have served as grave-markers; these average .3m high and are arranged in N-S rows. A number of low mounds of stone, which include some quartz, also occur in the interior.
The above description is derived from O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. (compilers) 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University press. (1996), no. 977. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 18 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.