Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Nevinstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Nevinstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66400, -6.71238
- SMR number
- ME025-059----
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
Located in the vicinity of the plinth of the wayside cross (ME025-013----). The remains of eight infants and young children were recovered around the plinth, confirming local traditions of its use as a Children's Burial Ground (Cahill 1987-8).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007
Cahill, M. 1987-8. Nevinstown: Site IV, Wayside Cross and Killeen. Journal of Irish Archaeology, 4, 59, 76
Nearby in the register
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.