Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Bulcaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bulcaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94929, -8.77640
- SMR number
- MA063-022001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 (MA063-022). According to local information, the interior of the rath was used as a children’s burial ground, with the last two burials taking place in the early 20th century. There are no graves visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.