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Burial ground in Ballynona North

Burial ground
Burial ground in Ballynona North
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Leaba na Linne hides two unplanted ovals inside the Ballynona North forestry, local story claiming they mark children's graves. Area b stretches forty-two by thirty-three metres under heavy grass, split by a broad east-west trackway yet resisting every attempt to plant trees or reveal burial features. The land keeps its secret in rough undulating ground, forcing humans to wonder whether memory or mischief shapes the boundary.
Noted in report by Land Purcell Archaeology (30th January 2012, re: planning reference no 10/08418) identified this as one of two 'unplanted areas in the forestry known as children's burial grounds ... known as Leaba na Linne'. This is 'Area b' described as 'an unplanted roughly oval area (42m x 33m) with an interior of rough undulating ground covered with a thick growth of heavy grass. It is divided roughly in two by an east-west trackway measuring c. 4m wide. No features indicating burials were present and no enclosing element could be discerned.'

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