What is recorded here
No, because it is a place where children were buried. That is a child's life and loss. Fiction must not turn real death into a game.
In overgrown pasture. A roughly rectangular area (28m NW-SE; 24m NE-SW) enclosed by earth and stone field boundaries. According to local information, this area is known as a ceallúnach and was used as a children's burial ground in the past. Uninscribed stone grave-markers are largely hidden by long grass.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
A small prehistoric burial enclosure, likely dating to the Early Christian or Iron Age period. Its use as a children's burial ground reflects local funerary practices and the cultural significance of dedicated spaces for infant or child interments in early Irish society.
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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