Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Magheraboy (costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Magheraboy (costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Old Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.87374, -8.65979
- SMR number
- MA074-010002-
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
Located in an enclosure (MA074-010001). Indicated as ‘Old Grave Yd.’ on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as ‘Children’s Burial Ground’ on the 1920 edition. No traces of graves are now evident in the level grass-covered interior of the enclosure.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.