What is recorded here

Killeen is a children's burial ground in County Kerry, Ireland, holding tiny graves beneath a cross slab and a boulder called a mass-rock. The small size of the markers suggests young lives ended there, while the abandoned state leaves their names and fates untouched by time.

Killeen Burial Ground (KE064-014001-): A modern burial-area occupies the central area of the enclosure and is bounded by numerous uninscribed grave-markers to W and S. These average .15m high and .18m wide. Also occurring within the site is a cross-inscribed slab and a boulder which is locally referred to as a mass-rock. 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. 923. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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