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Children's burial ground in Kilgrovan

Children's burial ground
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Children's burial ground in Kilgrovan
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Brash (1868-9, 438) described the church site at Kilgrovan as a 'cilleen', by which he may have meant a childrens' burial ground, but the presence of burials has never been confirmed in archaeological testing (Purcell 2006; Kiely 2010). Brash, R. R. (1868-9b) Proceeding. JRSAI 10, 438-9. Kiely, J. (2010) Kilgrovan. Possible ecclesiastical enclsoure and kilns. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 514-5, No. 1819. Wordwell. Dublin. Purcell, A. (2006) Kilgrovan. Ecclesiastical site. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 499-500, No. 1882. Wordwell. Bray. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

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