Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Tonnagh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tonnagh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Ground for Children
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.97623, -8.72123
- SMR number
- MA063-001002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1811 · 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 a rath (MA063-01001-). The interior of the rath was used as a children’s burial ground, as indicated on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. A few low stones, which may be grave markers, protrude from the grass cover in the rath interior.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 6 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.