Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Brideswell Commons, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brideswell Commons
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.31549, -6.39582
- SMR number
- DU021-010003-
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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
According to Ua O'Broin (1944, 199) there was a burial place for unbaptised children located near St. Brigid's well which comprised a mound of earth enclosed by a ditch.
Compiled by Geraldine Stout
References
Ua Broin, L. 1944 Clondalkin, Co. Dublin and it's neighbourhood. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 74, 191-218.
Nearby in the register
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.