What is recorded here
Children's burial ground in Skrine is a children's burial ground in Skrine, County Roscommon, Ireland. Local tradition says a nearby rath served as a children's burial ground, but no evidence supports that claim.
Towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope. There is a local tradition of the use of rath (RO041-085001-) as a children's burial ground (Gannon 1972), but there is no evidence of this.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
CastleCastle, unclassified · 334 yd
Embanked enclosureEnclosure, large enclosure · 1456 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1459 yd
TogherfinnForest · 2.2 mi
Saint Patrick's National Schoolschool · 2.3 mi
European Crab AppleEuropean Crab Apple · 2.6 mi
Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 3.2 mi
Hangman's HillMountain / peak · 3.5 mi
Inchnaveague IslandIslet · 4.0 mi
InchmoreIslet · 4.0 mi