Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Barrysbrook, County Offaly, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 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
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.