What is recorded here
Childrens Burial Gd. is a low rectangular rise in County Mayo, Ireland, scattered with sod-covered stones that probably marked the graves of infants. The disused sandpit beside it suggests children played nearby before death took them, turning ordinary joy into loss.
Within an enclosure (MA093-015002-).
The remains consist of a low, roughly rectangular rise (13m NNW–SSE; c. 8-10m ENE–WSW; H 0.4m) with an uneven, hummocky surface. It is scattered with low, sod-covered stones, probably gravemarkers. A sandpit, now disused, lies immediately to N.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 14 June 2022
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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