Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Derrymaclaughna, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrymaclaughna
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38548, -8.83680
- SMR number
- GA070-065005-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Immediately outside the S wall of the church (GA070-065002-) just to the E of the doorway. An area (9m E-W; 3m N-S) is marked by small boulders. Three or four are earthfast and face E and are alinged N-S. The other boulders are loose and may be the result of collapse. According to local information, this is a children's burial ground. This monument was brought to our attention by Dr C. Cunniffe.
The following images have been uploaded:
GA070-065005-_01 View of children's burial ground from S
GA070-065005-_02 Grave-markers
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 10 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.