What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Ground (Disused) is a wedge-shaped mound on the lower NE slopes of Bentee mountain in County Kerry, Ireland, no longer used for burial by the late nineteenth century. It rises one metre above the ground, stretches 17.5m long, and broadens from 7.5m at the east to 12.5m at the west, where a modern field boundary stops it. Two prominent slabs stand one metre apart at the north edge, perhaps marking an entrance, while thin upright grave-markers average thirty centimetres high across the stony surface. The place may have held small lives taken before records or pride, leaving behind only stone, shape and silence.

Children's Burial Ground: This wedge-shaped mound or platform, no longer in use as a burial ground by the late nineteenth century, is located on the lower NE slopes of Bentee mountain. Rising up to 1m above surrounding ground level, it is 17.5m long and broadens in width from 7.5m at E to 12.5m at W, where it is bounded by a modern field boundary. Two prominent slabs stand 1m apart at the N perimeter of the site and may mark an entrance. The stony surface of the platform features a large number of thin, uninscribed, upright grave-markers. These average .3m high. Henry noted a fragment of a quern-stone among the graves (1957, 74), but this is no longer apparent. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1018. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

Wedge tomb; likely dates to the Bronze Age. Its form and disuse by the late nineteenth century suggest it is a prehistoric burial monument of local significance.

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