What is recorded here

Foilnagarlagh Burial Ground is a children's burial ground in Bleantasour, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1840 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map marked it Fail na nGarlagh Burial Ground and depicted a small rectangular enclosure measuring about thirty metres north-south and twenty-five metres east-west. That map also recorded the site on the west bank of the Colligan River, where the river turns south after running northwest to southeast. A quarry now occupies the site.

Situated on the W bank of the NE-SW Colligan River, which turns S at this point. Marked 'Fail na nGarlagh Burial Ground' on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and depicted as a small rectangular enclosure (max. dims. c. 30m N-S; c. 25m E-W). A quarry now occupies the site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

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