Convict Cemetery in Ireland Island, Sandys Parish

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Get directions Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda

Coordinates: 32.31765, -64.84444
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This small cemetery, discretely hidden behind a row of houses, served as the burial ground for convicts. These men, rather than being executed in England, were sent to colonies like Bermuda to serve as labourers on the British fortifications. Of the 9000 convicts sent here, 2000 died. There are only 13 marked graves in total; four are named and nine unnamed. Located at the west end of Cochrane Road, off Malabar Road, Ireland Island, on the approach to the RN Dockyard.