Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Mullaghmore (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaghmore (carbury By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.45486, -8.46576
- SMR number
- SL002-030----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In grass-covered sandhills. Not marked on any edition of1837 or 1912 OS 6-inch maps. This is the approximate location of a children's burial ground. It is known locally as Kilnamucktán, and is difficult to find due to shifting sands, although a field wall has been noted at the NE of the area (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney 19/04/1989). An inspection in 1994 found a roughly circular area (max. dim. c. 30m) which appeared to have been scarped or quarried on the SW side, but there was no trace of a wall and no evidence to confirm that this was the location of the burial ground.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of revised upload: 8 November 2017
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.