Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Aillebrack, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aillebrack
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41554, -10.14006
- SMR number
- GA048-017----
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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
Close to seashore c.50m S of td. boundary. Known in 19th C as 'Guaire na bPaistide' or 'Reilig na bPaistide', it consists of an indistinct subcircular area (D c. 3-5m) of low mounds and a few small boulders (info. T. Robinson). Not visited.
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
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - folly1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.