What is recorded here
Ancient Burial Ground is a graveyard in County Mayo, Ireland. The place belongs to an older world where people laid their dead beneath open sky and remembered them through story rather than stone. Its absence from modern records does not diminish it; it suggests the land kept its own ledger for centuries before human archives learned to count.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
St. Brendans Chapel (in Ruins)Church · 19 yd
St. Brendans WellHoly well · 45 yd
Inishglora Monastic SiteArchaeological place · 58 yd
Inis GluaireIsland · 680 yd
Inis CaorachIslet · 1468 yd
Trá na CroiseBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
Trá Bhéal DoireBeach / strand · 2.3 mi
Ceann an EanaighHeadland · 2.4 mi
Barranagh Castle in RuinsCastle, unclassified · 3.4 mi
Bawn in Tearmann CaithreachBawn · 3.7 mi
Dún na mBó BlowholeHeritage attraction · 4.2 mi