Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Lavy More, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lavy More
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.96627, -8.77063
- SMR number
- MA063-007001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a rath (MA063-007----). According to local tradition, the rath interior was used for the burial of unbaptized babies. One grave is visible in the SE quadrant of the interior: Two low, upright stone slabs, set 0.8m apart, protrude c. 0.1-0.15m above ground, their long axes parallel on a NW−SE axis; according to local information, these mark the head and foot of a grave (L 0.8m).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.