What is recorded here

Children's burial ground in Cloonacaltry is a children's burial ground in Cloonacaltry, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a rise in an undulating landscape of reclaimed karst. A low rectangular mound with large stones sits north of the cashel centre, while a wider rectangular area strewn with smaller stones lies southwest. Local tradition identifies both stone features as a children's burial ground.

On a rise in an undulating landscape of reclaimed karst. A low rectangular mound (dims 6m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.3m) with large stones (dims c. 0.8m x c. 0.6m x c. 0.4m) N of the centre of cashel (RO048-097005-) and a rectangular area (dims 10m N-S; 4m E-W) strewn with smaller stones SW of the centre is known locally as a children's burial ground. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Children's burial ground in Cloonacaltry is a prehistoric inhumation site, likely dating to the Early Christian or Iron Age period. Its presence near a cashel suggests a possible ritual or domestic funerary function within a defended settlement landscape.

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