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Children's burial ground in Ballinphuil

Children's burial ground

What is recorded here

No visible trace survives, yet the story remains. Children were buried inside the ancient ringfort at Ballinphuil, a practice recognised by both local memory and archaeological survey. The earth holds what the surface forgot, keeping the small and sacred close to the old stone wall.
Within a ringfort (GA057-028----). The use of the interior of the monument as a CBG was noted by Killanin and Duignan (1967, 447-8) and is also known locally. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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