What is recorded here

Infants Burial Ground is a children's burial ground in Lacka (Loughkeen parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The rectangular drystone wall stands 10 metres east to west, 12 metres north to south and 0.4 metres high in the centre of a larger enclosure. Grass-covered wall footings of a possible building occupy the northern sector of that enclosure, while no upright markers are visible inside the smaller burial area.

Situated on the W side of the Little Brosna River in an upland area. A rectangular area defined by a drystone wall (10m E-W x 12m N-S; H 0.4m), destroyed in places, in the centre of an enclosure (TN008-041002). Grass-covered wall-footings of a possible building (10m x 12m; H 0.5m) are located in the N sector of the large enclosure. No evidence of any uprights marking burials inside the rectangular walled area. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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