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Children's burial ground

Sheeanmore, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Children's burial ground, Sheeanmore, County Sligo, 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
Sheeanmore
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.26173, -8.70477
SMR number
SL013-012003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on lower S facing slopes of Sheeanmore Hill in pasture. Roughly rectangular area (dims 14m E-W; 13m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.2m-4m; int. H 0.3m-0.5m; ext. H 0.2m-0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The internal face of the bank is revetted at E with limestone slabs laid on edge external face of the bank is revetted with similar limestone slabs SE-S-SW. Probable entrance feature is marked by a pair of upright rectangular slabs, standing 0.4m apart, extending perpendicularly from the inner face of the bank at N (W stone-T 0.3m; H 1m; E stone- T 0.2m; H .4m). The interior of the site is strewn with rubble limestone that is concentrated into thirteen low cairns (av. dims. Wth base 2m; H 0.3m) There are also five roughly rectangular quarried limestone blocks (L 0.6m-1m; 0.25m-0.35m square) strewn in no clear order. Site is known locally as an infants' burial ground.

Attached images:
SL013-012002-_01.JPG viewed from E
SL013-012002-_02.JPG viewed from W, with mound barrow (SL013-012002-) in the background
SL013-012002-_02.JPG viewed from N

Compiled by: Mark Keegan

Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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