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Drumdutton Children's Burial Ground

Children's burial ground
Drumdutton Children's Burial Ground
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What is recorded here

Marked as a 'Children's Burial Ground' on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. The site consists of an oval enclosure c. 8m N-S and c. 4m E-W surrounded by a collapsed and overgrown drystone wall. It is situated on the S side of a large mound of rock outcrop in grazing land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG026-026

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