Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Bleannagloos, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bleannagloos
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.52769, -8.39494
- SMR number
- GA032-006----
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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
In grassland surrounded by a stream to the W and N. On inspection in July 1984, this children's burial ground consisted of an overgrown subrectangular area (WNW-ESE c. 23m, NNE-SSW c. 18m) enclosed by an earthen field bank. Within the interior graves were marked by a number of haphazardly placed set stones of limestone and sandstone. Access was gained at N and an entrance at SE, depicted on the 3rd ed.of OS 6-inch map (1931), was disused and marked by a holly tree. The burial ground subsequently underwent works by a local group. St Brendan's Well (GA032-043----) lies c. 60m to N. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 109).
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).
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 26 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.