Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Cargin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cargin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.43937, -9.15213
- SMR number
- GA055-027003-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Named ‘Children’s Burial Ground’ but not indicated on the 1838 or 1922 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. A search indicated that it was possibly located within the heavily overgrown interior of the church (GA055-027002-). Towards its centre, three/four small ivy-covered set stones (H <0.2m; Wth 0.16m; T 0.08m), aligned N-S, which could mark children's burials were noted.
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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 17 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Exhibitionist figureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.