Laghtanafoyna, children's burial ground in County Kildare

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What is recorded here

According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 33), the site was 'a burial place for still-born infants', a belief still held locally. In level pastureland. A triangular area, with apex to S, (max. dims. L 37m N-S ; Wth 22m along N) is defined by a low scarp (H 0.5-1m) skirted by later field boundaries along N and E. The interior appears to have been disturbed when overgrowth was cleared, and there are no visible burial markers.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD003-006

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