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Killeen Grave Yard — Athea Upper

Children's burial ground
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Killeen Grave Yard — Athea Upper
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Possible ringfort (LI034-001001-) reused as a children's burial ground. In pasture, on N-facing slope. Egg-shaped area enclosed by broad eroded earthen bank with external fosse SW->NW. Field boundary truncates enclosing bank at narrowest point to E. Interior slopes down gently towards centre; no visible surface trace of burials or burial markers. In 1838 the Ordnance Survey Name Books recorded that in the townland of Athea Upper. A large fort (LI034-001001-), in which children, who die without baptism, are buried' (OSNB Rathronan Parish, 1482). Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 20 May 2019 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

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