What is recorded here
Childrens Burial Ground is a children's burial ground in Cloonfad (moycarn By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1915 edition of the OS 6-inch map and occupies a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. The rectangular scrub-covered platform measures 15.5m east-west and 8.7m north-south at the top, with grave-markers protruding from the mound.
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. This is a rectangular scrub-covered platform (dims of top 15.5m E-W; 8.7m N-S; dims of base 18.7m E-W; 10.3m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.1m at N to 0.6m at S) with some grave-markers protruding from the mound.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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