Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
An Bhinn Bhán (uíbh Ráthach), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Bhinn Bhán (uíbh Ráthach)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Calluragh Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Calluragh Burial Ground (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 51.83190, -10.15692
- SMR number
- KE098-029001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
National Monument No. 380. Calluragh Burial Ground (KE098-029001-): This site is located in poorly drained land, about 130m from the W shore of Lough Currane. It comprises a poorly preserved, subcircular enclosure containing a hut, a stone cross and a cross-inscribed slab. There is no visible trace of the souterrain (KE098-029005-) noted in the centre of the site by Henry (1957, 133). Numerous uninscribed grave-markers occur throughout the site and presumably relate to its use as a ceallúnach. These are particularly heavily concentrated in its S half.
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. 931. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
References
Henry, F. 1957 Early Monasteries, Beehive Huts, and Dry-Stone Houses in the Neighbourhood of Caherciveen and Waterville (Co. Kerry). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 58C, 45-166.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.