Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Cloongawnagh (cosgrave), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloongawnagh (cosgrave)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.83087, -8.74411
- SMR number
- MA082-022----
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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 SW corner of a pasture field, on a gentle SW-facing slope. A public road borders the SW side of the field, and a private road borders the NW side.
Indicated as ‘Burial Ground’ on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as ‘Children’s Burial Ground’ on the 1916 edition.
Subrectangular platform (13.7m NE–SW; 10.6m NW–SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m at NE, 1m at SW). The scarp on the NW side is straight but on the other sides it is slightly curved or convex, giving the mound a roughly D-shaped plan. Stones protruding in parts on the external face of the scarp may be remnants of stone facing. Gravemarkers, consisting of small, uninscribed stones, barely protrude from the grass-covered surface of the platform.
According to local information, it was used as a burial ground for unbaptised babies from the locality; an inscribed horizontal slab at SE marks the grave of an adult.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structure1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.