Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Curragh More, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curragh More
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 51.97945, -9.72472
- SMR number
- KE073-011----
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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 is located in boggy pasture at the W end of the Black Valley, a short distance NE of the confluence of the Glashankilleen stream and the Cummeenduff river. It consists of a raised rectangular area, 15m N-S x 19m E-W, bounded on three sides by modern field walls. The interior is occupied by numerous uninscribed grave-markers, among which are ten small mounds, averaging 2.3m x 1.5m, which may cover graves. The site was in use as a children's burial ground up to the early twentieth century (local information).
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. 994. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.