Children's burial ground in Gortgranard — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

You can still picture the shallow ditch and tall bank encircling a small flat disc of earth beside the Finn River. Children may have played on that disc before leaving toys behind, while adults carried dead infants past the ditch into the ground below. The river took the whole shape within decades, erasing the boundary that marked where childhood ended.

Located on a small rise at the bottom of a steep NW-facing slope and on the flood-plain of an E-W section of the Finn River which is c. 160m to the N. This was described in 1942 as a circular raised area (diam. c. 14m) defined by an earthen bank or scarp (H c. 2.1-2.4m-and an outer fosse (Wth of top c. 2m; ext. D c. 0.9m), which was known locally as a childrens’ burial ground (SMR file). It had been removed by 1995 (OSAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 May 2018

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