What is recorded here

Cloontubbrid North holds a low, sub-rectangular earthen mound, 17.8m long and 4.6m wide, rising just .45m above the surrounding land. The 1841-42 OS map marked it as a killeen for children, suggesting a place where young lives ended and were remembered. Stones still scatter across the mound, waiting to be noticed. What is lost is not the shape of the site but the reason it was made sacred.

All that remains of this site is a low, sub-rectangular earthen mound measuring 17.8m long and 4.6m wide, and .45m above the surrounding land. Quite a large amount of stones are visible. On the 1841-42 OS map this site is marked as a killeen for children. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 863. 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 mound, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in its rare focus on infant or child burials, offering insight into Neolithic funerary practices and social attitudes toward childhood.

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