Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ranelagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ranelagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65244, -8.19430
- SMR number
- RO039-102007-
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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
Enclosure D is a subrectangular area (dims c. 16-26m plus NE-SW; c. 22m NW-SE) defined by slight ditches (Wth 0.6-1.4m; D 0.65m), with drystone walls added on the SW and NW sides. There is an entrance gap (Wth c. 2m), flanked by two post-holes, towards the N end of the NW side. This enclosure is an attempt to enclose the later infant burials in the burial ground (RO039-102001-), and it can be described as a Cillín or Childrens’ burial ground. Its boundaries cut the upper fills of the earlier enclosures as well as some of the earlier adult burials. (Delaney and Ní Cheallacháin 2017, 12-13)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 8 December 2020
References
Delaney, S. and Ní Cheallacháin, M. 2017 Preliminary Report on Excavations at Ranelagh 1, Co. Roscommon. Licence: 15E0136. Unpublished report, IAC Archaeology
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.