Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Curry (Carra By., Drum Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curry (Carra By., Drum Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78546, -9.21590
- SMR number
- MA090-038002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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 a rath (SL090-038001-). According to local information, the rath was used as a children’s burial ground. The rath interior is strewn with loose stones. Amongst the loose stones, there are several low stones (max. dim. 0.2m; H 0.15m) embedded in the surface. These may represent gravemarkers. They are more evident in the E half of the interior but overall their distribution appears random. In the NW quadrant some stones appear to roughly define small rectangular plots (max. dim. 0.5-1m).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 8 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.