Children's burial ground in Clooncrim, County Roscommon

What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1928 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an area of scrub, and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Subrectangular grass and scrub-covered area (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) defined by straight sections of field walls at NE, SE and SW but it is unenclosed W-N. There are stones covering the surface of the interior which are known locally to mark graves. It is known locally as the 'fort'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO025-003

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
David Purchase, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Paul Cowan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Enda O Flaherty, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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