Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Rossmore Island, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossmore Island
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen Burial Gd. Children
- Coordinates
- 51.81995, -9.80469
- SMR number
- KE100-021001-
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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
Killeen Burial Ground: This site is located at the S end of Rossmore Island and commands a lengthy view along Kenmare Bay. It was described in the OSRNB as a burial ground used for the 'interment of unbaptized children', though adults are locally reputed to have been buried here also (Ó Cíobháín 1984b, 91). It consists of a circular enclosure which is defined by a poorly preserved, overgrown, drystone-faced wall. This is most clearly visible at NW, where it measures .3m high and 1.6m wide. Loose stone is scattered throughout the interior of the site, and a series of upright grave-markers arranged in N-S rows, occur in its SE quadrant. These average .5m high.
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. 1040. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.