What is recorded here

Children's burial ground in Ballyconry, County Kerry, Ireland. An elongated sub-rectangular mound, 21.6m long, 4m-7m wide and 1.5m high, with a fieldbank within 2m to the west. The S side narrows to 4m near the centre. OS map: Killeen Children's Burial Ground (disused). North Kerry Archaeological Survey, no. 854, 1995. Uploaded 3 August 2013.

This killeen consists of an elongated sub-rectangular mound measuring 21.6m long, 4m-7m wide and 1.5m high. A fieldbank is situated less than 2m W of this site. Towards the centre of this elongated mound on the S side is a disturbance that reduces the width of the mound to 4m. This site is marked on the OS map as 'Killeen Children's Burial Ground (disused)'. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 854. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

A Neolithic children's burial ground; significant as a rare example of a communal burial site for infants and young children in the Irish Neolithic period.

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