What is recorded here
Children's burial ground in Hawksford is a children's burial ground in Hawksford, County Roscommon, Ireland. The grass-covered cairn measures three metres east-west, two metres north-south and reaches one metre in height. It contains a single whitethorn bush and displaced stones that may have been grave-markers, although no local information confirms the site as a children's burial ground.
Inside the perimeter of cashel (RO008C005001) at SW. Grass-covered cairn (dims 3m E-W; 2m N-S; max. H 1m) with a single whitethorn bush and some diplaced stones (dims 0.5m x 0.3m; T 0.15m) which may have been grave-markers, but there is no local information that it was used as a childrens burial ground.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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