What is recorded here

Burial Ground in County Mayo, Ireland is a roughly circular enclosure about 40 to 45m across, marked as such on 1838 and 1922 maps and crowded with 19th- and 20th-century headstones. The eastern wall was removed in the 20th century, stretching the place about 20m toward a north-south road and admitting more field stones, more shadows and more forgotten names. It is not a polished monument but a living edge where human loss keeps spilling outward.

In an enclosure (MA040-088001-). The interior of a roughly circular enclosure (diam. 40-45m) is used as a burial ground; it is indicated as ‘Burial Ground’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. In the 20th-century the enclosing wall on the E arc of the enclosure was removed and the burial ground was extended c. 20m to E as far as a N−S road. There are numerous 19th- and 20th-century headstones. These are interspersed with informal uninscribed gravemarkers, consisting of small, low field stones set upright in the ground. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 June 2020

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