Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Muckloon, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Muckloon
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Coldwell Lisheen Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.46739, -8.30277
- SMR number
- GA047-044----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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, on the summit of a hill. Frequently called 'Lisin na b-paistidh' (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 118), this monument, in fair condition, consists of an almost square unenclosed area (N-S c. 13.7m, E-W c. 13.5m) with evidence of bulldozing at NE. Many limestone grave-markers, two of which are inscribed, are arranged in rows aligned NE-SW. A lone tree stands on the highest point of the hill on SSW side of the monument.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.