What is recorded here

Killeen Burial Gd. (Disused) is a children's burial ground on a low mound above Kenmare Bay in County Kerry. Uninscribed markers still stand in rows within the marshy pasture, while a collapsed stone circle nearby hints at a forgotten hut. The place holds small losses and old domestic life beneath the open sky.

This site is located on a low mound surrounded by marshy pasture, and overlooks Kenmare Bay to S. Approximately rectangular in plan, 20m N-S x 16m E-W, it is bounded by modern field walls at N and W. A portion of the original enclosing bank is preserved on the inner side of the wall at N. This is 8m long, 1.6m wide and .6m high externally, and is constructed of coursed facing enclosing a rubble core. A group of uninscribed grave-markers occurs in the SW quadrant of the site. These average .4m high and generally occur in rows. In the SE quadrant there is a roughly circular area of stone collapse which may be the remnants of a hut site. 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. 990. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its location on a low mound overlooking Kenmare Bay suggests a strategic and ceremonial significance within the prehistoric landscape.

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