What is recorded here

Killeen Burial Ground in County Kerry, Ireland holds a dense cluster of short, uninscribed markers inside a 16m square enclosure. The small height of the stones suggests children, yet no name remains to tell whether they were locals, travellers or victims of some forgotten cruelty. The ground still feels like a threshold, as if the absent young are waiting for someone to remember them without being told their names.

A large burial area (KE098-049005-), 16m square, occupies the interior of the enclosure at E. It is defined by a dense concentration of uninscribed grave-markers which average .4m high. 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. 930. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

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