What is recorded here

Belloo Burial Ground in County Galway is a disused triangular graveyard where one red-brick vault and a 1771 marker for Hamilton ffrench still protrude from the earth. The boundary has vanished, but the quarry pit and grave markers preserve the shape of a place where people once laid others to rest.

On the inner bank, in SE sector of a large enclosure (GA047-017001-). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a partially enclosed triangular graveyard (c. 35m by c. 15m). On 3rd ed. (1932), it is shown as an unenclosed oval area (c. 35m by c. 25m) delimited by a broken line within which is a hachured hollow. Though the latter, a quarry pit, is still visible, no surface trace of a boundary survives. Only two grave-markers are visible, one commemorating 'Hamilton ffrench', dated 1771. Beside the latter, and inserted into the enclosure bank, is a partially visible burial vault roofed with red brick. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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