Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Killeen (killoscully Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (killoscully Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen Burial Ground (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 52.71190, -8.28814
- SMR number
- TN038-001----
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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
Situated on a natural hillock on the flat floodplains of a river valley in a mountainous region. A natural hillock which has been used as a children's burial ground as evidenced by low orthostats protruding from the surface of the mound (H 2m; 24m NW-SE; 14.5m NNE-SSW). Several orthostats appear to be aligned in rows orientated on a NNE-SSW axis.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Mine - copper2 mi
- Ringfort - rath2 mi
- Cist2 mi
- Sweathouse2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.