What is recorded here

Killeen Burial Gd. is a children's burial ground on a flat terrace above Darrynane Harbour, enclosed by a denuded wall with upright internal slabs and a narrow eastern entrance. The southern half still holds loose stones and low mounds, while the northern half appears cleared, suggesting repeated human entry and change. The small measured space and child-focused purpose make the site feel less like a forgotten ruin and more like a place where tenderness was buried deliberately.

Located on a flat terrace, overlooking Darrynane Harbour to S, this subcircular site is enclosed by a much denuded and overgrown wall, a large section of which is levelled at N. Elsewhere the 1.5m wide wall is faced internally with upright slabs and externally with horizontally coursed block-like slabs. The enclosed area measures 16.4m N-S x 17m E-W. A .85m wide entrance is located at E and is flanked on both sides by two slabs which average .75m high and .9m wide. A cluster of loose slabs and some low mounds of stone occur in the S half of the site. The N half appears to have been cleared. 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. 1003. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

Portal dolmen; dates to the Neolithic period. Its location overlooking Darrynane Harbour suggests it may have had ritual or ceremonial significance in relation to the surrounding landscape.

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