Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Long Island, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Long Island
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 51.88062, -10.40011
- SMR number
- KE087-033002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
Burial Area: This area, which measures approximately 12m N-S x 6m E-W, is located E of the leacht (KE087-033004-). It comprises three very regular rows of E-W grave-mounds, raised .3m on average above surrounding ground level. The ends of each row are marked by upright slabs. A number of low subcircular mounds occur adjacent to this area. The OSNB notes that 'children and adult strangers' were buried at this site (Killemlagh, 4).
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. 966. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 13 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.