Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Newtown South, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown South
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66459, -8.96688
- SMR number
- MA111-044001-
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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 (MA111-044----) named ‘Knocknaglogh Fort’ on the OS 6-inch maps.
According to local tradition, the interior of the rath was used for the burial of unbaptized babies. A few small, moss-covered stones barely protruding above the ground surface are said to mark graves. In the W half, a roughly square hollow (2.7m across; D 0.2m) is also said to be the site of a grave, and small stones were once visible around its edge.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.