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Children's burial ground in Doire An Fhéich

Children's burial ground

What is recorded here

Doire An Fhéich holds a children's burial ground on the north side of the coast road, immediately east of Droichead an Chroisín. The small unenclosed plot still shows many set stones, marking a place where young lives ended and were remembered beside the travelling road.
On N side of coast road, immediately E of Droichead an Chroisín which stands on W boundary of the td. A small unenclosed plot within which many 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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