Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Milltown (ferrard By., Termonfeckin Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown (ferrard By., Termonfeckin Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77795, -6.30396
- SMR number
- LH022-014004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Gogarty (1907, 35) noted that the church (LH022-004001-) 'was once enclosed by a circular wall, whose situation may be clearly seen, and within the space enclosed by it the remains of unbaptised infants have been buried, even within recent years.'
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 9 August 2012
References
Gogarty T. 1907 The Burial Place of St. Fanchea. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal 1 (4), 34-46.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.