Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Gortnamannagh East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnamannagh East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Gd.
- Coordinates
- 53.15002, -8.64386
- SMR number
- GA115-024----
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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
In level pastureland. This children's burial ground (L > 5m), triangular in shape, is defined by a low scarp. Within it numerous set stones mark graves. The name of the adjacent village of Calluragh, meaning an old burial ground (Joyce 1923, 97), may reflect its presence.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 30 August 2019
References
Joyce, P.W. 1923 (1996 ed.) Irish local names explained. Dublin. Roberts Books.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.