Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Cúil Na Ceártan, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cúil Na Ceártan
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.48346, -9.74466
- SMR number
- GA037-003----
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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
On a W-facing slope overlooking Derryclare Lake. An unenclosed, subrectangular grassy area (L 15m, Wth 8m) within which numerous small set stones are visible, haphazardly arranged. Some head- and foot-stones can be distinguished. Several old hawthorns grow around the perimeter.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel1 mi
- House - 18th/19th century2 mi
- Water mill - unclassified2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.