What is recorded here
Children's burial ground in Kildurney,lysterfield is a children's burial ground in Kildurney,lysterfield, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on a gentle NE-facing slope overlooking Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough, c. 300m to N and E. Local tradition, but no evidence, claims the nearby rath served as that children's burial ground.
On a gentle NE-facing slope overlooking Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough, c. 300m to N and E. There is a local tradition, but no evidence, of the use of rath (RO045-134001-) as a childrens' burial ground (Gannon 1972).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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