What is recorded here

Killeennamoyla Burial Ground stands in the wet floor of the Bridia valley, marking a children's resting place where a circular bank and deep fosse still hold the shape of ancient grief. Small upright slabs and a low stone wall emerge from the overgrown east quadrant, suggesting hands once arranged these markers before forgetting took them. The damp earth and narrow northern entrance create a chamber-like quiet, inviting wonder about the families who carried tiny bodies through that gap and sealed them beneath the valley's heavy sky.

Killeennamoyla Burial Ground/Cillín na Maoile: This site is located in poorly drained land on the floor of the Bridia valley. It comprises an enclosure of approximately circular plan which is defined by a bank and external fosse. The enclosed area measures 35.5m N-S x 35.7m E-W. The construction of a modern stone wall at W has resulted in the partial infilling of the fosse here; elsewhere it survives up to .75m deep and 3.15m wide. The largely overgrown bank rises 1m from the base of the fosse, and falls an average of .5m to the interior of the site. There is a 2.2m wide entrance gap in the bank at N, on either side of which rough stone facing is preserved externally for c. 4.5m. The interior of the site is largely overgrown and slopes slightly up towards N. Located in a rather stony area at E is a small cairn, .7m high and 3m in diameter, and a low stretch of wall. This runs NE-SW and measures 6m long and .9m wide. A number of small uninscribed upright slabs also occur in this quadrant. 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. 1037. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

Cillín na Maoile (Killeennamoyla) is a medieval Christian burial ground, typically associated with the early to high medieval period, used for the burial of unbaptized or stillborn children. Its significance lies in reflecting early Christian burial practices and local religious customs in rural Ireland.

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