Children's burial ground

The National Monuments Service's description

On a SE-facing slope, in an area of native woodland surrounded by pasture, except to NW where there are other small pockets of woodland. This monument is situated at the western edge of the woodland boundary. The monument is depicted on all OS historic mapping as a sub-rectangular area which is named ‘Graves’ on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map and ‘Children’s Burial Ground’ on the 25-inch OS map. A roughly rectangular area (10m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by a short scarp (Wth 1.5m; H 0.95m) to S and the remains of a levelled scarp (Wth 1.2m; H 0.15m) to N and E, and levelled scarp (Wth 1.2m; H 0.35m) to W. The interior has a SE-facing slope consistent with the prevailing hillslope. There are numerous moss-covered boulders and also intermittent low, upright markers most of which are E-facing. These cover the entire area of the interior and are concentrated across the western two-thirds of the burial ground. A conspicuous, flat slab (L 2.15m; Wth 0.8m; H 0.12m) located on the southern scarp at the E end, could potentially have served as a simple altar. A holy well (CL035-031002-) is located c. 34m to NE.

The following images have been uploaded:

CL035-031001-_01.jpg From NW. General view of monument.
CL035-031001-_02.jpg From WNW. View across interior.
CL035-031001-_03.jpg From S. Flat slab on S scarp at E end.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 4 July 2018