What is recorded here
Killeen is a disused children's burial ground in County Kerry, Ireland. It is a quiet place where young lives ended, and the soil still holds that loss. The name Killeen marks a small church or chapel, suggesting a community once gathered there to pray and remember.
For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 47, no. 101).
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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