Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Ballyglass (Clanmorris By., Crossboyne Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (Clanmorris By., Crossboyne Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64914, -8.97929
- SMR number
- MA111-065001-
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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 (MA111-065----). According to local tradition, the rath interior was used for the burial of unbaptised babies. Small stone gravemarkers were still in evidence in the first half of the 20th century, but are now no longer visible.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 February 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.