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Children's burial ground

Cloongawnagh (Cosgrave), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Children's burial ground, Cloongawnagh (Cosgrave), County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1857 · 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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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