What is recorded here

Relic Grave Yard in County Offaly is a disused children's burial ground hidden inside the overgrown remains of a ringfort. A thin bank and shallow ditch still mark the edge of the circle, but scrub has closed most of the space and a roadway now cuts through its western side. Children may have been laid to rest within that old fence, their names lost before the graves disappeared under leaf and soil.

Possibly the remains of a ringfort (int. diam. N-S c. 41m) very overgrown with scrub and cut by roadway at W. Site defined by a slight bank (Wth c. 2m, int. H c. 1m) and external fosse (max. Wth 3m, D 1m). Davies (ITASurvey 1942) states that there was evidence of one or two graves in the enclosure but this could not be verified due to dense overgrowth. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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