Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Colligan More, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Colligan More
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Faheen
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.13377, -7.69761
- SMR number
- WA022-056----
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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
Marked as a small oval enclosure (dims. c. 30m E-W; c. 15m N-S) and denoted 'Faheen' on the 1st ed. of the OS 6-inch map, it is reputedly the site of a children's burial ground (Power 1952, 121). Situated in pasture on an E-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level.
Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 27-08-2009
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.