What is recorded here
Children's burial ground in Cashel South is a children's burial ground in Cashel South, County Sligo, Ireland. Located about 1.5 metres north-northeast of Carrowwilkin, the rath served as a burial place for unbaptised children until the 1900s according to local information.
Located c. 1.5m NNE of Carrowwilkin. According to local information, a rath (SL037-079001-) was used up to the 1900s as a burial ground for unbaptised children.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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