Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Farranreagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farranreagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91653, -10.29477
- SMR number
- KE079-074----
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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
Situated less than 1km downslope from KE079-073----, this site, not marked on the OS maps, is also referred to locally as a ceallúnach. It consists of a raised area which is approximately oval in plan and measures 11m N-S x 21.5m E-W. It is delimited at its W edge by a severely eroded, curving earthen bank, which averages 1.1m high above external ground level. The N and E quadrants of the site contain large boulders, which appear to have been deposited during field clearance operations in the 1980s. A small number of low, uninscribed slabs stand in the interior.
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. 1006. 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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.