What is recorded here

Fifteen small shale markers and one large stone-lined grave hold children and possibly Spanish sailors on a sheltered terrace in Rosleague. The flat pastureland between rocky ridges keeps their names hidden but their shapes visible, waiting for someone to walk past and remember that death came young or far from home.

In rough pastureland on a flat sheltered terrace between two outcropping rocky ridges. This unenclosed children's burial ground (c. 10m N-S; 9m E-W) is defined graves marked by simple shale grave-markers (max. H 0.3m). About 15 grave-markers are visible as well some possible stone-lined graves - one large subrectangular example (2.2m E-W; 1.3m N-S; H 0.6m) resembles a leacht. According to local information, some Spanish sailors who drowned off a ship delivering coal at the nearby pier in Letterfrack are also buried here. Compiled by: Olive Alcock based on information supplied by Leo Morahan Date of upload: 14 July 2017

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