Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Cloonaghboy, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonaghboy
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95165, -8.89645
- SMR number
- MA062-062----
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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)
- 1857 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on a low knoll, with good views.
This possible monument was included in the SMR (1991) and the RMP (1997) as ‘enclosure’ on the basis of the depiction on 1919 OS 6-inch map of a shallow hachured arc (cord L 30m), curving NW−NE, perhaps indicating the N arc of an enclosure. It is not shown on the 1837 edition.
A slight rise (c. 26m N–S; c. 20m E–W) in ground level is defined at N–SE by a broad, low slope, which appears to be natural. There is a shallow, grassed-over pit or area of disturbance (c. 10m across E−W) at the S end of the rise, and a deep quarry pit (dim. 15-20m) is dug out of the W edge. There is a local tradition of children’s burial ground here, but no trace of burials is evident.
There is an enclosure (MA062-061----) located 80m to NE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.