What is recorded here

Cloonsheen holds a children's burial ground immediately southeast of an ecclesiastical building, marked by a low rectangular platform crowded with small set stones. Local tradition says children were buried there until quite recently, while adult slabs in the northern section suggest the ground served several generations. The unclear eastern and southern edges, plus a shallow fosse at the northeast corner, leave the shape half-hidden beneath grass and memory.

Immediately SE of an ecclesiastical building (GA028-012001-). It consists of a low rectangular platform (N-S 13.5m, E-W 7.7m), the E and S sides of which are not clearly defined; there is a wide shallow external fosse at NE corner. The interior is covered with grave-markers of various sizes. Many are small set stones, but adult graves defined by slabs are also evident in N section. According to local information, children were buried here until quite recently. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 385) 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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