Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Kellysgrove, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kellysgrove
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.29800, -8.23423
- SMR number
- GA087-121----
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 undulating grassland. A poorly preserved subcircular unenclosed area (E-W 22m, N-S 19m) within which are numerous randomly placed set stones. A small moss-covered mound of stones is located to N. A fragment of an inscribed broken headstone, dedicated to Cecilia Louisa Kelly, is visible to W. See also GA087-121001-. (Egan 1960, 13)
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.