Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ardea, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardea
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80571, -9.77605
- SMR number
- KE100-045----
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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)
- 1868 · 4. 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
In pasture, on a N-facing slope overlooking Kenmare Bay. This burial ground occupies a triangular area (36m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by an earth and stone field boundary on its W side, by a low wall, covered by overgrowth, on its S side and by a low intermittent bank on its NE side. The graves are marked by low upright stones which are largely obscured by a dense overgrowth of ferns and briars. A grave-marker (H 0.55m; Wth 0.4m) in the S part of the burial ground is inscribed with a small cross and the date '1766' on its E face.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.