Grave Yard GA115-002---- in Ballycoony

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What is recorded here

In pastureland in a hollow in the corner of a field. Marked on the OS 6inch maps as an unenclosed rectangular area (c. 18m NNW-SSE; c. 12m ENE-WSW). On inspection the burial ground was completely overgrown with briars and thorn bushes but no grave-markers could be discerned. The landowner was aware that it was known as a children's burial ground.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA115-002

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