Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Carrownskehaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownskehaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Gd
- Coordinates
- 53.62856, -8.99464
- SMR number
- MA119-020----
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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
On fairly level ground at base of SW facing slope.
Not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; indicated on the 25-inch plan as subrectangular enclosure (c. 20m NW-SW; c. 35m NE-SW) named ‘Infants’ Burial Ground’; it is marked “Burial Gd.” on the 1915 OS 6-inch edition.
It is now subsumed into the NE end of a large, modern rectangular, walled graveyard. The NW and NE walls of the modern graveyard appear to coincide with the original NW and NE limits of the older burial ground; a low stony scarp (H 0.3m) may preserve its SE side; there is no trace of the SW side. Late 19th and early 20th century headstones of the “Celtic cross” type are evident within the area of the old burial ground.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 23 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.