What is recorded here

Immediately north and east of a church, small graves stretch east-west beneath undressed stones, marked occasionally by a reused cross-slab or tau cross. Children lay here until the 1940s, their tiny markers crowded beside the sacred building. The ground still holds that intimate distance between the living and the dead, where even the smallest life received a proper place to rest.

Immediately N and E of a church (GA005-035002-). Numerous small graves, oriented E-W, are visible, many with undressed head- and foot-stones. A small number of burials are also visible to SE. Two of the graves are marked by a reused cross-slab (GA005-035005-) and a tau cross (GA005-035006-) respectively. According to local information, the last interment took place here in the 1940s. (Higgins 1987, 318, 396, nos. 44, 16) 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 Christian burial ground, likely medieval to post-medieval in date, associated with a church; its significance lies in the evidence of early Christian burial practices and the orientation and layout of the graves.

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