What is recorded here

Half a dozen small unworked stones still break the fern and tussock on a gentle west-facing slope above Lough Illauntrasna, marking children buried in Tír An Fhia. The shallow ground is narrow enough to walk across in moments, yet it has kept its shape beside outcropping granite while briar, grass and time did the rest. A new road and water-pumping station now cut across its north edge, reminding visitors that even quiet death-places are not separate from the life still being built around them.

In a shallow natural declivity, on a gentle W-facing slope overlooking Lough Illauntrasna c. 80m to the W. Known locally as a children's burial ground, this almost rectangular area (28m N-S; 15m E-W) is intermittantly enclosed along the E and W by outcropping granite rock. The interior is overgrown with fern and briar and is tussock covered. Some half-dozen small unworked earthfast blocks and flags (max. dims. H 0.4m; Wth 0.28m; T 0.2m), are visible and appear to act as simple grave-markers, while many more appear to be concealed in the tussocks. A small area of recent disturbance (c. 5m E-W; c. 4m N-S) is visible at the N edge of the site across which a modern access road runs to a new water-pumping station on the lakeshore. The following image has been uploaded: GA090-027-----03.jpg View of grave-markers Compiled by Gearóid Conroy and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 July 2023

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