Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Woodford, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodford
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burying Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.05421, -8.40214
- SMR number
- GA125-146----
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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 deciduous woodland to the NNW of Woodford village. Indicated on the 1838 and 1920 editions of the OS 6-inch map as an unenclosed rectangular burial ground (c. 20m E-W; c. 15m N-S) in the S end of the wood, named 'Bullseye Wood' on the maps. It was accessed at NE by means of a pathway through the wood. According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan, 1927, Vol. 2, 211), it was a 'burying place for strangers'. On inspection in June 1983 the area was heavily overgrown with bramble and trees and only a few boulders that may have marked graves were visible. On re-inspection in August 1985 the landowner recalled that rough undressed limestone marked the graves. However, these had subsequently been gathered into a clearance cairn. Apart from some scattered stones, no visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 5 September 2019
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Townunder 1 mi
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.