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Children's burial ground

Ballygrennan (Connello Upper By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Children's burial ground, Ballygrennan, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballygrennan (Connello Upper By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Burial Gd. for Children
Latest-edition OS map
Infants Bur. Gd. (Disused) (1923)
Coordinates
52.45402, -8.79902
SMR number
LI038-021----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, atop low ridge in otherwise undulating terrain. Site is shown as unenclosed ovoid area (c. 20m x c. 10m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map on E side of depression. This depression is roughly circular area (58m N-S; 56.6m E-W) which slopes down unevenly towards centre (D 4m) and is covered by rough pasture. It appears to be the result of surface quarrying for stone. A field boundary runs along top edge of depression SW->ENE. There is no surface trace of burial plots on E side of depression. However, the corner of a stone-built structure remains atop scarp at ESE. This consists of a cut sandstone block which appears to be a quoin stone, and some very fragmentary walling attached to it. An irregularly-shaped weathered stone (H 0.65m; Wth 0.57m; D 0.25m, ) stands c 6m NNE of this structure. This has a circular hole (diam. 0.13m) drilled through it slightly off-centre. The site is named 'Burial Gd. for Children' on 1841 OS 6-inch map.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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