Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Kinnakinelly, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kinnakinelly
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Gd.
- Coordinates
- 53.64369, -8.85500
- SMR number
- GA004-033001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
To S and W of church (GA004-033----). Subrectangular area (E-W 16m, N-S 8m) defined by a scarp along S side, a field wall to W, and by the church along N side. Numerous small set stones indicate graves oriented N-S. Close to NE corner is an inscribed rectangular undated graveslab. A bush is growing in W part of interior.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Water mill - horizontal-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.