Burial Grd, burial ground in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On the summit of Tulach na Reilige overlooking Loch Úraid to NE. Indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map, it survives as a very small, slightly raised, rectangular area (L 13m, Wth 9m) which is, in turn, enclosed by an oval setting of stones. A number of irregular grave-markers are visible in the interior. Used as a CBG until c. 1900 (pers. comm. T. Robinson). I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA052-002

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