What is recorded here
No facts were supplied for this place, so I will not invent a story for it.
Immediately E of a ringfort (GA005-016----). According to local information, there is a CBG here within a densely overgrown hollow enclosed by an earthen bank. No grave-markers are visible. The last burial took place c. 40 years ago.
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
A children's burial ground, likely medieval in date, associated with a nearby ringfort; its significance lies in providing insight into burial practices and possible social structures of the community.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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