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Children's burial ground

Ballybane Upper, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Children's burial ground, Ballybane Upper, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballybane Upper
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.71546, -8.65639
SMR number
RO032-016003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At the base of a SW-facing slope on the floor of a NW-SE valley. A grass-covered area (dims. c. 18m NE-W; c. 8m NW-SE) on the SE side of a NE-SW field wall has some large stones (dims. c. 0.5m x 0.5m x c. 0.5m) and some smaller stones, which was used for burial into the beginning of the 20th century. A bullaun stone (RO032-016001-) (dims. 0.4m x 0.4m; H 0.22m) with a single basin (dims. 0.3m x 0.25m; D 0.1m) has been moved to the RC church at Garranlahan (RO032-015004-).
(Timoney 1996A, 11)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Timoney, M. A. 1996a Additions to the landscape around Granlahan, Co. Roscommon. In Mary Ruane (ed.) Souveneir of Granlahan Monastery and primary school re-union 1850-1996. Granlahan.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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