What is recorded here

Killeen Burial Gd (Site of) is a children's burial ground on a NW facing slope above Kenmare Bay in County Kerry, Ireland. The rectangular area, 22m N-S and 14m E-W, lies enclosed by recent field boundaries and wire fencing, with low burial mounds and a small number of low upright stones visible beneath heavy plant debris. It has not been used for over one hundred years and may also hold adults, according to the landowner. The place remains quiet, marked only by faint shapes under growth and the memory of what was buried there.

In pasture, on a NW facing slope overlooking Kenmare Bay to the W. A rectangular area (22m N-S; 14m E-W) enclosed by recent field boundaries and wire fencing. The interior is heavily overgrown and littered with plant debris. Low burial mounds and a small number of low upright stones are perceptible under the debris. According to Dennehy (1997, 163), this burial ground 'has not been used for over one hundred years'. According to the landowner, it was 'a burial ground for unbaptised children and possibly adults' (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.