Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Eochaill (Bar. Árainn), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eochaill (Bar. Árainn)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.13249, -9.68445
- SMR number
- GA111-002005-
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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
On S side of a trackway, immediately overlooking N shore of Inis Mór. An unenclosed natural rectangular platform (42m by 12m), now cut by modern field walls. Numerous small set stones are visible as well as three inscribed gravestones: (a) dated 1895; (b) dated 1901, commemorating a child aged nine years; and (c) dated 1924, commemorating a child aged one year. There are also three upright cross slabs (GA111-002004-, GA111-002012-, GA111-002013-)at W end. Robinson (1980) notes that it was in use until 'a few decades ago'. There is a possible clochan (GA111-002015-) immediately to N and a cross-inscribed pillar (GA111-002007-) immediately to SE. Circa 50m to SSE is a similar pillar (GA111-002006-) and c. 80m to SW is Teampall Chiaráin (GA111-002001-). (Crawford 1913, 155)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 1 February 2016
References
Higgins, J.G. 1987 The Early Christian cross slabs, pillar stones and related monuments of County Galway, Ireland, 2 vols. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 375. Oxford.
Robinson, T. 1980 The Aran Islands, Co. Galway: a map and guide. Árainn. Published by the author.
Crawford, H.S. 1913 A descriptive list of early cross-slabs and pillars. (cont.) Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 43, 151-69, 261-5, 326-34.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed pillarunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.