Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Oughtdarra, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oughtdarra
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05899, -9.33908
- SMR number
- CL004-057006-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a sheltered hollow overlooked by higher ground on all sides. Many low rough stone gravemarkers lie S of Oughtdarra Church (CL004-057001-) within the graveyard (CL004-057002-). In 1905 Westropp (1905, 343) noted that ‘only children under seven years of age are buried in the little graveyard’. Described by Cunningham (1980, 16) as in use until recently as a burial place for unbaptised children and those under seven years of age.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 10 October 2022
References
Westropp, T. J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (Forts and Dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the county of Clare. Part 2 - west Corcomroe. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 35, 342-61.
Cunningham, G. 1980 Burren journey West. Shannonside Mid-Western Regional Tourism Organisation.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.