What is recorded here

Cloonfaghna holds a children's burial ground where small set stones still break through the grass. The place remained active until about 1935, meaning local families continued trusting this secluded spot long after neighbouring villages had moved such losses elsewhere. That continuity suggests the stones marked more than forgotten deaths; they marked a community's repeated choice to keep its youngest members close to familiar land.

In E half of a large enclosure (GA007-045001-). An irregular area (N-S 24m, E-W 20m) delimited by a line of grassed-over boulders within which a number of small grassed-over set stones are visible. According to local information, it was used for burial up to about 1935. 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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