Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ardmalin, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardmalin
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.37993, -7.36596
- SMR number
- DG001-003----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1817 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A slightly raised area between a pebble and a sand beach known as a 'Children's Burial Ground'. The site, which formerly had grave markers, has been destroyed by sand quarrying
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Field boundary1 mi
- Hut site1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.