Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Glancuttaun Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glancuttaun Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.03891, -9.78978
- SMR number
- KE064-016002-
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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
Numerous stones are scattered about the surface of the Interior and appear to relate to its use as a children's burial ground (local information). This is probably the site called ‘Glencuttaun Fort’/Lios Gleann Chotáin in the OSNB, where it is described as 'a fort, which is used as a burying ground for children' (KE064-016002-) (Ó Cíobháin 1978, 17).
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. 673. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.