Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Creggan ((costello By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creggan ((costello By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 53.91889, -8.53029
- SMR number
- RO008-015002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Abutting the inner edge of the perimeter of rath (RO008-015001-) at SE. Rectangular grass-covered area (ext. dims 21m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.5m; H 0.1-0.2m at W) with some inner facing stones visible on all sides except the E. It contains four lines of grave-markers (dims c. 0.25m x 0.1m; H 0.3m), and a single grave with head and foot stones is in the NW quadrant of the rath.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.