Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Leitrim Beg, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leitrim Beg
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15367, -8.47963
- SMR number
- GA116-123----
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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 a hummock in undulating grassland. According to local information, this natural rise (diam. 16m; H 1m) is the site of a children's burial ground. A few boulders are visible but no alignments are evident. The area is heavily overgrown with thistles and grass. The monument was brought to our attention by Dr C. Cunniffe.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 20 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Icehouseunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.