Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Askill, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Askill
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LE002-038----
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is a tradition of a burial site on the promontory of Rusheen Point on the N shore of Lough Melvin where those who could not be buried on Inishtemple island because of rough weather were buried (Faughnan c. 1943). He describes it as an area of rough ground covered in furze but there were no headstones evident. This location is not known.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 December, 2015
References
Faughnan, D. 1943 ITA topographical and general survey. Ballinamore Library, Co Leitrim, (file no. 140). Unpublished.
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