What is recorded here

Lavy More in County Mayo holds a rath where unbaptized babies were buried. Two small stone heaps still mark the graves in the northern half, one near the scarp and the other beside a hawthorn tree on the field wall. The place remains a quiet children's burial ground, preserving a local practice older than formal church records.

In a rath (MA063-008----). The interior of the rath was used for the burial of unbaptized babies. According to local information, two small surface concentrations of stones, visible in the N half of the interior, are graves; one is located close to the rath scarp at N, and the other is at NE, adjacent to a hawthorn tree growing on the E−W field wall that crosses the rath. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 July 2020

A children's burial ground associated with a rath, likely medieval in date, reflecting local practices for the burial of unbaptized infants. Its significance lies in providing insight into early Christian funerary customs and community rituals in rural Ireland.

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