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Children's burial ground

Farranreagh, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Children's burial ground, Farranreagh, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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