What is recorded here

Killeen Burial Ground (Disused) is a children's burial ground in Gortakeeran, County Sligo, Ireland. Located two kilometres west-southwest of Rockfield, the rectangular platform sits in rough grazing at the base of a slope. O'Rorke wrote that unbaptised children were buried here, while small upright slabs on the sod-covered surface probably mark their graves.

Located c. 2 km WSW of the village of Rockfield. In rough grazing, at the base of a SE-facing slope and in the SW quadrant of an enclosure (SL025-027002-). A rectangular platform (10m WNW-ESE; 5.5m ENE-WSW) defined on three sides by the remains of a stone wall (Wth 1m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) and on the fourth side by the W wall of the enclosure. The surface of the platform is covered with sod-covered stones including some small upright slabs, probably grave-markers. Several more similar stones and slabs were noted in the area to the S and SW of the platform. According to O'Rorke ([1889], vol. 2, 61), unbaptised children were buried here. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL025-153----) c. 100m to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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