Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Mountluke, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountluke
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 51.95677, -10.27247
- SMR number
- KE079-015----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Children's Burial Ground: This poorly preserved enclosure, 26m N-S x 25m E-W, is located in level pasture on the N side of the Valencia river estuary. The enclosing bank is of earth, survives to an average height of .7m, and is, on average, 2.75m wide. A 4m wide gap occurs at E, but it is not clear if two large slabs here, standing 5.1m apart, formed part of the original entrance. The interior contains a large number of low, uninscribed grave-markers. 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. 1036. 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
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Decorated stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.