What is recorded here

Lisnabosty Grave Yard in County Roscommon is a children's burial ground on a low hillock, marked as a circular area on the 1837 OS 6-inch map and as a rectangular one on the 1915 OS 6-inch map. The rectangular grass-covered platform measures 18.4m NE-SW and 16m NW-SE, defined by a scarp rising 0.45m at NW to 1.15m at SE, with numerous limestone grave-markers and a prominent triangular stone at the centre. The place may have been set apart because children died young and often, and their families needed a small ground they could return to without fear of mixing the dead or losing a name.

Marked as a circular area on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a rectangular one on the 1915 ed. and described as Lisnabostha in italic lettering on both. Situated on a low hillock in an undulating landscape. This is a rectangular grass-covered platform (dims 18.4m NE-SW; 16m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.45m at NW to 1.15m at SE) with numerous limestone grave-markers and a prominent stone with a triangular cross-section (dims 0.45m x 0.3m; H 0.7m) at the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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