Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ardsheelhane West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardsheelhane West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 51.86136, -9.88577
- SMR number
- KE091-077----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (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
Killeen Burial Ground: Situated on the summit of a rise in boggy pasture, this enclosed site is located a short distance W of the Ardsheelhane river. It is noted as a burial place for children in the OSNB (Kilcrohane, 33). It abuts a field boundary on its S side and is enclosed elsewhere by a low bank of earth and stone, revetted with drystone masonry. The bank is lm high and lm wide, and it encloses a D-shaped area which measures 11m N-S x 10m E-W. This is raised above external ground level and contains a dense scattering of loose stone and a number of upright grave-markers, averaging .3m high, many of which are arranged in N-S rows. A gap in the boundary at S is flanked by a pair of upright slabs.
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. 978. 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
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- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.