Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Patch (ballymoe By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Patch (ballymoe By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60880, -8.61236
- SMR number
- GA018-071----
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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 pastureland. According to local tradition, this hawthorn-covered mound was used as a children’s burial ground. A number of limestone grave-markers are visible in the overgrowth (information from B. Doherty, Galway Community Archaeologist).
The following image has been uploaded: GA018-071----.pdf - View from NE
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 30 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Quarry1 mi
- Well1 mi
- Monumental structure1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.