What is recorded here
The site is a rectangular platform 22.2m north-south and 26.7m east-west enclosed by a collapsed stone wall. It is very overgrown in marshy pasture. The name 'Children's Burial Ground' appears on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Whether it marked a real burial place or a local warning is no longer clear.
The 'Children's Burial Ground' marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps consists of a rectangular platform 22.2m N-S and 26.7m E-W enclosed by a collapsed stone wall. It is very overgrown and situated in an area of marshy pasture land.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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