Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Rathronshin, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathronshin
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 53.09890, -7.10622
- SMR number
- LA009-017----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Not marked on 1841 or 1888 eds OS 6-inch maps, but marked 'Childrens Burial Ground' (Disused) in plain script on 1909 edition Featureless area of scrub land (diam. c. 47m) with no obvious enclosing element.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.