What is recorded here

Fifty small uninscribed markers still stand in north-south rows on a low spit projecting into Caragh Creek, waiting for names the wind never spoke. Children were laid to rest there until the late nineteenth century, then overgrowth swallowed the edges while a single blackthorn bush watched the centre. The ground rises half a metre above poor pasture, holding tiny bodies and forgotten parents in quiet Kerry darkness.

Killeen Burial Ground: This site is located in poor pasture on a low spit which projects S into Caragh Creek. No longer in use as a burial ground by the late nineteenth century, it consists of a wedge-shaped area, 12m N-S x 23m E-W, which is raised on average .5m above surrounding ground level. At least fifty small uninscribed grave-markers are arranged in N-S rows throughout the site, many of them obscured by overgrowth. Numerous boulders also occur, and a single blackthorn bush is centrally located in the site's interior. 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. 1042. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

Wedge tomb; dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2500–500 BCE). Its wedge-shaped form is characteristic of later prehistoric funerary architecture in Ireland, reflecting evolving burial practices during the transition from passage tombs to simpler, single-chambered tombs.

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