Burial in Truska, County Galway

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Associated with an extensive series of middens (GA048-008001-). A number of burials were exposed by shifting sands in the vicinity of False Bay in early 1980s. One extended adult inhumation and a child's skeleton were reported, and a stone setting was noted around one grave. One report mentions 'a cemetery of similar graves' nearby (Topgr. Files, UCG and OPW). No visible surface trace survives. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA048-008009

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