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Children's burial ground

Barrysbrook, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Children's burial ground, Barrysbrook, County Offaly, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Barrysbrook
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Childrens Burial Gd.
Coordinates
53.33666, -7.25616
SMR number
OF010-016001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Univallate ringfort (max. int. diam. 43.5m E-W) situated on summit of N-S ridge E face and defined by a fosse and internal bank of earth and stone. Ramped entrance at SE. No evidence of burial but small mound (diam. 4.5m N-S, H c. 0.5m) in NE quadrant may have some connection.

Located on the E facing slope of a N-S ridge in upland area with good views of undulating countryside. Bivallate ringfort (OF010-016002-) with small earthen mound located in the N sector of the sites interior which according to local information is the site of a childrens burial ground.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 23 May 2011

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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