Burial Ground in Cloonslanor, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a gentle N-facing slope in the grounds of Strokestown Workhouse. Rath (RO029-013001-) was used as the Burial Ground of the Strokestown Workhouse, which was c. 100m to the N and which has now been removed without trace. The graveyard is a rectangular overgrown area (dims c. 65m NNE-SSW; c. 55m WNW-ESE) defined by masonry walls with an entrance gate towards the W end of the N wall. There is no visible evidence of burial, although there is a memorial at the entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO029-013002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
David Maher / Sportsfile, as printed in the photograph caption; image published by the GAA, www.gaa.ie
Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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