What is recorded here

Children's burial ground in Clooncraff (ballintober South By.) is a children's burial ground in Clooncraff (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a subrectangular grass and scrub-covered cairn at the crest of a south-facing slope, with intermittently visible kerbstones and two whitethorn bushes on the perimeter. A local priest investigated the site in 1912 while looking for treasure and discovered a skeleton between an inner and outer line of kerbstones.

At the crest of the S-facing slope of a slight E-W ridge, and known locally at one time as Cranny Cealtra. Subrectangular grass and scrub-covered cairn (dims 7m N-S; 5.6m; H 0.3-0.5m) with intermittently visible kerbstones and two whitethorn bushes on the perimeter. It was investigated in 1912 by a local priest looking for treasure when a skeleton was discovered between an inner and outer line of kerbstones (Fannon 1994; Ryan 1997, 224). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

A subrectangular cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age, possibly associated with a children's burial. Its kerbstone features and location suggest a funerary or ritual significance within a local prehistoric landscape.

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