Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Curra, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curra
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen Grave Yard (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 52.04907, -9.94858
- SMR number
- KE063-008----
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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
This site is located in a narrow strip of pasture between the Behy river and Curra Wood. It is noted as an unenclosed children's burial ground in the OSNB (Glanbeagh, 45), but was in use as a formal graveyard for at least part of the twentieth century. Towards the centre of the site is an overgrown area, marked by holly and ash trees, which measures 28m N-S x 27m E-W and is raised .7m on average above the surrounding ground level. On its uneven surface are approximately 100 uninscribed upright slabs; these average .3m high and most are aligned in NW-SE rows. There are similar grave-markers in the S portion of the graveyard, but these appear to be of more recent date. A small slab at the N end of the site bears a plain Latin cross on its NE face.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 993. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.