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Children's burial ground in Tully (castlereagh By.)

Children's burial ground

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Children's burial ground in Tully (castlereagh By.) is a children's burial ground in Tully (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands at the outer edge of a shelf towards the bottom of a south-facing slope, overlooking a bog to the southeast and on the south side of the Bellanagare to Castlerea road. A rectangular platform, possibly rock outcrop, sits at the apex of a D-shaped ecclesiastical enclosure. Tradition describes it as a children's burial ground and graveyard, though no burial evidence exists.
At the outer edge of a shelf towards the bottom of a S-facing slope, overlooking a bog to the SE and on the S side of the NE-SW Bellanagare to Castlerea road. A rectangular platform (RO021-022008-) which may be rock-outcrop is at the apex of a D-shaped ecclesiastical enclosure (RO021-022012-). There is a tradition of its use as a children’s burial ground and as a graveyard (RO021-022010-) (Knox 1902c, 188-9), but there is no evidence of burial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 3 July 2015

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