Burial Ground in Inis Bigil, County Mayo

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of a low, but prominent, heather-clad hill, affording panoramic views in all directions. This burial ground consists of a rectangular area (22.9m N-S; 20.85m E-W) enclosed by a relatively modern stone wall. The interior ground level is uneven. According to local information, it was used as a burial place of unbaptized babies and of drowned sailors who were washed up on the island. No headstones are visible. There is a dense growth of ferns in the interior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA043-017

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