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Magheracorran Children's Burial Ground

Children's burial ground

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No stones or ditches remain, only grass and the memory of children beneath it. The land rolls gently under sky, unchanged since before maps learned its name. What was buried there has not been forgotten, only released back into the shape of the field.
Marked as a 'Caldragh' or 'Burying Ground for Children' on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. There are now no surface features. It was situated in rolling pasture land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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