What is recorded here

On a ridge within the remains of a tree copse. According to local information, there was a CBG consisting of a line of small limestone grave-markers here. Due to land clearance in 1937, 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

A children's burial ground, likely dating to the early Christian period; its significance lies in the rare evidence of dedicated infant or child burials in a pre-modern landscape.

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