Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ballyvicmaha, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvicmaha
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05848, -9.35260
- SMR number
- MA038-075001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a rath (MA038-075).
According to local tradition, the interior of the rath was used as a children’s burial ground. Slightly to N of centre there is a low oblong heap (6m E–W; 3-4m N–S; H 0.4m) of stones, possibly marking a grave. However, it may simply be a clearance cairn associated with cultivation ridges which traverse the rath interior on a roughly E–W axis. No other evidence suggestive of use as a burial ground is evident.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.