Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Clonlyon Glebe, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonlyon Glebe
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Relicpastia
- Latest-edition OS map
- Relicpastia
- Coordinates
- 53.28234, -7.88668
- SMR number
- OF014-016----
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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
Situated on top of high ground with good extensive views with church (OF014-017001-) to SE. D-shaped graveyard enclosed by a stone wall (H 1m; W T 0.5m) which encloses an area (26m E-W; 15.5m N-S) with rows of erect unmarked headstones orientated E-W aligned on a N-S axis. Wall appears to be 18th/19th-century in date and possible coffin stand and stile located at the S end of the E wall. Graveyard may be associated with the nearby church which probably dates to the 18th-century. Uncertain if it is the site of a childrens burial ground, appears to be too elaborate for a childrens burial ground. May be associated with penal times thus explaining the unmarked headstones. May have been a graveyard that was reused asa 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
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.