Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Boleyboy (costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boleyboy (costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Caldragh Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Caldragh Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.83097, -8.77676
- SMR number
- MA082-016002-
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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 the SE half of a possible cashel (MA082-016001-).
Indicated as ‘Caldragh Burial Ground’ on the 1838 OS 6-inch maps and ‘Caldragh (Chidren’s burial Ground)’ on the 1916 edition. A roughly square area (c. 19m NE–SW; c. 19m NW–SE) in the SE half of the cashel interior is covered in a dense concentration of small, uninscribed upright stones and low, sod-covered stony hummocks, which mark graves. Remnants of an enclosing wall (Wth 1m) define the NW side of the area.
According to local information, it was in use until the mid-20th century for the burial of unbaptised babies and occasionally for older children too. A single, wind-twisted hawthorn tree, which stands on the W side of the burial ground, is known locally as the ‘umbrella tree’.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.