Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Derryvunlam, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryvunlam
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.07402, -8.34078
- SMR number
- GA126-028----
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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
On a low rise in marshy farmland. According to local information, this area was used as a burial place for unbaptised children. No grave-markers are visible.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th century1 mi
- Quarry1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.