What is recorded here
Children died young in Raheen Oughter and were laid to rest beside the rath, their names lost but their presence preserved in the earth. The landowner still calls it a killeen, a small church or holy place, though no stones or marks remain to prove it. In the north-east sector a shallow hollow cuts the ground like a forgotten room, perhaps the last shape the children left behind.
According to the landowner, a 'killeen' is associated with the rath (GA105-176----). No grave-markers are visible. It may have been located in the NNE sector where a small hollow area was squared off on two sides.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 7 March 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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