Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Carndoagh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carndoagh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.27420, -7.32324
- SMR number
- DG011-007----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diam. 5.5m. A subcircular area enclosed by a single course of large stones. There is some evidence of a possible second wall further down the natural mound on which the site is located. This was marked as a 'Fort' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a 'Children's Burial Ground' on the other editions. It could be a reused cashel but seems very small.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Rock scribingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.