What is recorded here
Childrens Burial Gd stands in County Mayo, Ireland, marked only as a children's burial ground. The official record withholds its history, leaving the site bare of date, story or name. That absence does not diminish the place; it refuses to turn the dead into a feature for casual scrolling. Whatever children were set into that soil, they were loved enough to bury separately and quietly.
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
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