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In rough, upland pasture, located on a SE-facing slope just below the summit of a rocky hill.
This children’s burial ground is shown on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps where it is named ‘Knockaunnabausty’. It consists of a roughly square area (16m N−S; 16m E−W) enclosed by a post-and-wire fence, with a wooden gate at the SE corner. The ground surface in the interior is thickly covered in heather. Low, rough uninscribed stones can be seen protruding above the heather in parts, and other stones can be felt underfoot; some of these may be gravemarkers. A modern cross of ‘Celtic’ design, stands in the NE corner of the enclosure, and has the following engraved inscription: ‘Ciúin. Cruacán na bpáiste. Children’s burial ground’.
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MA120A001----_01.JPG Viewed from NW
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 18 April 2019
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