Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Clooncan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clooncan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Killeen Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen (Childrens Burial Ground)
- Coordinates
- 53.78800, -8.66365
- SMR number
- RO019-017----
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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
At the SE end of a low NW-SE ridge. Rectangular grass-covered area (int. dims 20.5m NW-SE; 12.5m NE-SW) defined by field walls at NW and NE and concrete walls at SE and SW. Three or four rows of grave markers (max. dims c. 0.6m x 0.15m; H 0.3m) are aligned N-S. (Timoney 1995, 8)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Timoney , M. A. 1995 Landscape and archaeology. Clooncan, Co. Roscommon. In M. Nolan (ed.) Clooncan school reunion. Clooncan National Schaool, Clooncan (2)
Nearby in the register
- Road - unclassified togher1 mi
- Mill - unclassified1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.