What is recorded here
Kylealiss is a children's burial ground inside a subcircular enclosure in County Laois, Ireland. Uninscribed markers crowd its southwest corner, while no entrance remains visible. The place holds small lives removed before they could be named, kept separate from ordinary death and memory.
A subcircular enclosure (LA012-005----) with a childrens burial ground in SW quadrant of interior. No evidence of original entrance. Uninscribed grave-markers in the SW corner indicate its use as a children's burial ground.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
A subcircular enclosure with a children's burial ground, likely dating to the early Christian period; its significance lies in the indication of dedicated infant or child burial practices in a local funerary context.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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