What is recorded here

Cloonaghboy holds a children's burial ground on a low knoll above pasture, though no bones or markers remain visible. Local tradition insists the quiet rise belonged to dead children, while a deep quarry pit now scars its western edge. The land may have swallowed young lives before human memory faded, leaving only shape and story behind.

In pasture, located on a low knoll, with good views. This possible monument was included in the SMR (1991) and the RMP (1997) as ‘enclosure’ on the basis of the depiction on 1919 OS 6-inch map of a shallow hachured arc (cord L 30m), curving NW−NE, perhaps indicating the N arc of an enclosure. It is not shown on the 1837 edition. A slight rise (c. 26m N–S; c. 20m E–W) in ground level is defined at N–SE by a broad, low slope, which appears to be natural. There is a shallow, grassed-over pit or area of disturbance (c. 10m across E−W) at the S end of the rise, and a deep quarry pit (dim. 15-20m) is dug out of the W edge. There is a local tradition of children’s burial ground here, but no trace of burials is evident. There is an enclosure (MA062-061----) located 80m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 November 2020

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