Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Killunagher, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killunagher
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77136, -8.68534
- SMR number
- MA093-083003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
According to local information, a roughly square earth and stone platform, traditionally said to be the remains of a church (MA093-083001), was used as a children’s burial ground. No above ground evidence of graves can be seen.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.