Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Shankoagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shankoagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71831, -8.45152
- SMR number
- RO034-105----
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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
On a SE-facing slope of a NW-SE section of River Suck valley with the river c. 60m to the NE. This is an oval grass-covered mound (dims 9m NW-SE; 4m NE-SW; max. H 0.6m) which is truncated at NW by a field wall. There are no visible grave-markers, but it is known locally as a children's burial ground. Enclosure (RO027-084----) is c. 210m to the NW, and earthwork (RO027-085----) is c. 130m to the NNW, on the other side of the river.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.