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Children's burial ground in Camas Íochtair

Children's burial ground

What is recorded here

Aill na bPáistí marks a children's burial ground on a small coastal promontory within Cuan Chamais. The rocky knoll still holds visible set stones, waiting for human eyes to recognise the shape of grief hidden inside the sea cliff.
On a small coastal promontory on inner reaches of Cuan Chamais. Known locally as Aill na bPáistí, it consists of a small rocky knoll on which small set stones are visible (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. (Robinson 1985, 46) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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