Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Cloghan Beg, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghan Beg
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- OF029-018----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated childrens burial ground mentioned in the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, vol. 1, 74-6). According to the OS letters 'In Cloghan Beg townland in this parish there is a burying place for children. The hillock on which it is is called Cnocan mharbhain I.e. 'the Hill of the Dead' - Collis Mortui' (O'Flanagan 1927, vol. 1, 76).
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