What is recorded here

Lios na Ceallúnaí in An Bhánóg Theas is a calluragh where children were buried inside an older oval enclosure. The northeast corner holds grass-covered quartz stones and a sunken rectangular foundation that may have been a small church. A coffin-shaped standing stone with two crosses once marked the edge, though it has vanished. The place still carries the weight of young lives lost before records or roads reached that part of Kerry.

Lios na Ceallúnaí: This large oval enclosure (KE044-048----) was probably originally either a rath or early ecclesiastical settlement, but portion of it was later used as a calluragh burial ground (KE044-048001-)(OSNB Minard, 33; An Seabhac 1939, 176; Ashe 1954, 18). A coffin-shaped standing stone, inscribed with 2 crosses, formerly stood at the edge of the calluragh area (Ashe) but it could not be located on this occasion (KE044-048002-) The NE part of the enclosure is traditionally regarded as the calluragh burial ground. This area measures 38.5m SE-NW x 16.4m NE-SW and is enclosed to N and E by field fences, to W by a low bank, and to S by a 1m high drop to the level of the remainder of the interior. The ground within this smaller enclosure is strewn with grass-covered stones, mostly quartz, and it also contains a sunken, rectangular foundation which Ashe interpreted as a church. The structure measures 7m x 3.8m and is aligned NW-SE. There is a probable entrance in the NW wall. A low bank extends 8.2m S from the SW corner of this feature. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 348. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

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