Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Caherminnaun West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherminnaun West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.99735, -9.19588
- SMR number
- CL009-059008-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This children’s burial ground is situated within the SW sector of the interior of a cashel (CL009-059101-), which is labelled ‘Site of ‘Kilcameen Church’ on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1920 ed., the symbol for ‘Site of’ is shown within a small rectangular unenclosed ‘Grave Yard’, indicated by a broken line. The only burials evident are those that relate to the children’s burial ground (c. 11m N–S; c. 10m E–W). The burials are marked by stones (L c. 0.4m; H 0.2–0.4m; Wth 0.15m) set apart in lines, which generally run N–S and are up to 2m apart, but some are contiguous. Immediately to its S there is a cairn, possibly related, which overlies the cashel wall. Children were buried here from at least the late 19th century (Westropp 1897, 125) to relatively recent times Swinfen (1992, 33). There is a cist (CL009-059009-) in the SE sector of the cashel. (Large 2011)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 9 March 2022
References
Large, S. 2011 A church and graveyard survey in County Clare. Database and photographic record. Clare County Council. Clare Heritage Forum. The Heritage Council.
Swinfen, A. 1992 Forgotten stones: Ancient church sites of the Burren and environs. Dublin. Lilliput Press.
Westropp, T.J. 1897 Prehistoric stone forts of northern Clare, part III. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 27, 116-27.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.