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This site is depicted on the first edition of the OS map as a pair of conjoined enclosures. It survives as a single, unenclosed, subcircular area. Located in dense woodland, it was described in the late nineteenth century as '. . . the site of a burial ground formerly utilised for the interment of young children, but now disused . . .'(OSRNB), and as a cillín in the IFC Schools' Collection. The burial area measures 20m N-S x 25m E-W and is partly divided by a roughly constructed wall of boulders and earth. This is 12.5m long, .5m high and 1m wide and runs from the site's E edge to its centre. A quantity of loose stone is scattered throughout the site's NE quadrant, where a number of N-S and NW-SE rows of uninscribed grave-markers occur. These average .35m high, the tallest example being .55m high. Close by, at NW, is a cut headstone inscribed with the date 1878.
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. 998. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
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