Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ballynacloy (costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacloy (costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Caldragh Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Caldragh Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.83726, -8.81029
- SMR number
- MA082-011001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a cashel (MA082-011----). The traditional name of the cashel, ‘Caltragh Fort,’ suggests that the cashel was used as a burial ground. The interior is strewn with stone through-out and is covered in dense overgrowth, making examination difficult. However, in the SW quadrant, there is a roughly square area (6.5m N–S; c. 8m E-W) distinguished by a greater concentration of stones, mostly small to medium-sized, barely protruding from ground, with some clearly set upright, possibly marking graves.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.