Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Ballybeg (tirawley By., Ballynahaglish Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybeg (tirawley By., Ballynahaglish Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 54.07292, -9.17139
- SMR number
- MA039-050001-
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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 pasture, located on a ridge with a fall of ground to E. There are very good views N–SE, with the Ox Mountains form the skyline to E. Ground rises slightly to W.
The court tomb is depicted on the 1930 OS 6-inch map as an oblong area (c. 22m N–S; 11m E–W) outlined by a dashed line, and indicated as ‘Children’s Burial Ground’. It is evident as a low grassy mound studded with stones and boulders, with some forming a rough kerb around the perimeter. A N–S field fence skirts the W side of the megalith. According to local information, the court tomb was used as a burial ground for unbaptised infants (MA039-050002).
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964)
Date of upload: 3 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.