Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Killelan East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killelan East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 51.95586, -10.28561
- SMR number
- KE079-014----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Children's Burial Ground: The enclosing element of this approximately circular site is severely eroded and modified. It is located in gently sloping pasture on the landward end of Dolus Head and measures 19m in diameter. The original enclosing earthen bank is well-preserved only at N, where it stands 1.25m high internally. The instillation of a sewage tank has resulted in its obliteration at W. A modern field wall overlies it at S. The interior of the site is occupied by a series of small, uninscribed upright slabs, particularly in its E half. The site was no longer in use as a burial ground by the late nineteenth century.
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. 1023. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
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