What is recorded here

Killeen Burial Ground in County Kerry, Ireland, marked unbaptised children beside a holy well and pond until recent reclamation operations levelled the earth. It vanished without a grave marker or memorial, erasing the exact boundary where those small lives ended. The loss transforms a forgotten field into a warning about how quickly mercy can be paved over for convenience.

Killeen Burial Ground: No visible trace survives of this site, which was located a short distance ENE of Kilgobnet Church (KE065-042001-). It was depicted on the second edition of the OS map as an irregularly shaped area, located at the S side of a pond and delimited at W by a field boundary. The site was levelled in recent years during land reclamation operations. It was situated adjacent to a holy well (KE065-042002-) and is described in the IFC Schools' Collection as a burial ground for unbaptised children. 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. 1048. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.