Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ardkeenan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardkeenan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39036, -8.05863
- SMR number
- RO051-063002-
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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 slight rise in an undulating landscape. At the SE interior of cashel (RO051-063001-) is a childrens burial ground, visible as a triangular enclosure (ext. dims. 18m E-W; 10m N-S) defined by the remains of stone walls at N and W and the inner face of the cashel wall at SE. (Egan 2007, 383-5)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Egan, E. 2007 Bygone times: a near forgotten history. Athlone. Drum Heritage Group.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.