Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Esker North, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Esker North
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Gd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.67500, -8.98499
- SMR number
- MA111-030002-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a rath (MA111-030001-). Indicated as ‘Burial Gd.’ on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as ‘Children’s Burial Ground’ on the 1930 edition. Quarrying has largely destroyed the rath, and no trace of the burial ground is evident.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.