Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Laughil (Longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laughil (Longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.19202, -8.27670
- SMR number
- GA107-195002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In improved grassland overlooking the Kilcrow River to the W. According to local information, this is the site of a possible children's burial ground. When the foundations of the house c. 10m to the NW were being dug the bones of children were uncovered.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 19 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.