Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ardcost, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardcost
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.90889, -10.27695
- SMR number
- KE079-082----
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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
This site, not marked on the OS maps, is known locally as a ceallúnach and is located in a sloping field over-looking the Portmagee Channel. It consists of a stony area of approximately rectangular plan, measuring 10.8m N-S x 8.7m E-W, and is raised an average of .4m above surrounding ground level. A row of five large blocks occurs close to its W edge. The surface of the interior is uneven and features about eighty small boulders and upright slabs, some of which are quartz.
The above description is derived from O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. (compilers) 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University press. (1996), no. 976. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 18 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stone1 mi
- Quarry1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.