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Templeadoon (Childrens Burial Ground)

Children's burial ground

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Templeadoon (Childrens Burial Ground) is a children's burial ground in Cornamucklagh AND Falmore, County Roscommon, Ireland. The site sits on a gentle southwest-facing slope and appears only on the 1914 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Local tradition claims the court tomb served as a children's burial ground, though no evidence supports this use.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. There is a local tradition of the use of the court tomb (RO015-042001-) as a children's burial ground but no evidence of this. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Neolithic court tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its association with local tradition as a children's burial ground highlights its cultural and ritual significance in the community's historical memory, though no archaeological evidence confirms this use.

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