Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Beheenagh (magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beheenagh (magunihy By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Ground for Children
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 52.05888, -9.30590
- SMR number
- KE068-010----
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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
In pasture, on a W-facing slope, with views to The Paps of Dana. A raised square area (21m N-S; 21m E-W), covered by overgrowth, enclosed by a stone wall. Some early 20th-century inscribed grave-markers were noted, as well as four plain white metal crosses and many uninscribed grave-markers of unknown date, mainly in the W half. The burial ground is known locally as a 'cillín'. According to Dennehy (1997, 154), this is now a burial ground for local families. As it is named 'Burial Ground for Children' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map, Dennehy suggests that its use as a burial ground for adults did not begin until after that date (ibid.).
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
References
Dennehy, E. 1997 The ceallúnaigh of county Kerry: an archaeological perspective. Unpublished M.A. thesis, University College, Cork.
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