Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Grange East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35703, -8.85575
- SMR number
- GA070-067003-
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
Within the interior of the church (GA070-067002-), which is strewn with densely overgrown boulders - some likely to be collapsed material from the walls. According to local information, the small, unmarked, earthfast headstones visible mark children's burials. This monument was brought to our attention by Dr C. Cunniffe.
The following image has been uploaded: GA070-067003-_01.jpg View of densely overgrown interior of church (GA070-067001-)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 10 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.