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Children's burial ground in Kiltown (fassadinin By.)

Children's burial ground
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On a gentle SW-facing slope, just off the crest of a flat-topped hill, in very wet, waterlogged, rush infested field. There is a low hill immediately to the SE. There are very good views in all directions except upslope to the N. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 161-2), in this townland, ‘The church [KK005-054001-] stood beside Kiltown road, in a field called the “Grave field.” It “was the second church named in Rome.” (Tradition). No trace whatever of it remains, but the site is marked by a graveyard 16 yards long and 10 wide, still used as a burial place for unbaptized children. There are no inscribed head-stones’. The OS Letters (1839) (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 45-6 (16)) describes this as, 'a small burial ground used only for still-born children'. There is no visible trace of the church or graveyard at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 30 April 2018

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