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Burial ground in Oghambaun

Burial ground

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Burial ground in Oghambaun is a burial ground in Oghambaun, County Sligo, Ireland. Located one kilometre southeast of Tobercurry, the site holds a local tradition of human burials in the northeast corner despite unknown dates. A slightly raised circular area fifteen metres across appears in the northern half, topped with scattered limestone boulders. Additional limestone boulders scatter across the extreme northwest corner of the field.
Located c. 1km SE of Tobercurry. There is a local tradition of human burials in the NE corner of the field though no information on the likely date of these is known. A slightly raised roughly circular area (diam. c. 15m), topped with some scattered limestone boulders, is evident in the N half of the field. A further scatter of limestone boulders is in the extreme NW corner of the field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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