Children's burial ground

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in level pasture, KE088-010002- occupies a roughly rectangular area which is delimited by modern field boundaries. Within this is an oval-shaped enclosure, an earthwork complex and a number of house sites. The enclosure contains a leacht and a gable-shrine, a holed stone, and numerous uninscribed grave-markers which relate to the use of the site as a ceallúnach (OSNB Killemlagh, 20). A pillar stone is incorporated into the external face of the enclosing element at S. A second ceallúnach (KE088-011001-) is located a short distance to E.

Burial Ground (KE088-010001-): Numerous low grave-markers are evenly distributed throughout the enclosure. Some of them are disposed in regular rows, and others are arranged as head- and end-stones marking either end of horizontal grave-covering slabs. Scatterings of quartz occur through out the burial area.

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. 960. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 30 July 2013