Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Kilgarriff (Costello By., Kilbeagh Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgarriff (Costello By., Kilbeagh Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97982, -8.62428
- SMR number
- MA064-001002-
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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 possible rath (MA064-001001-). According to Aldridge (1969), the interior of this possible rath was used as children’s burial ground. No graves can be discerned at ground surface.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 June 2020
References
Aldridge, R.B. 1969 Notes on children's burial grounds in Mayo. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 99, 83-87.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.