What is recorded here

Doire Bhéal An Mháma holds a children's burial ground on a west-facing hillslope in County Galway. The unenclosed oval measures about thirteen by twelve metres and contains many small set boulders. It lies near Maumeen and St Patrick's Well, where young lives may have been returned to the earth before roads or written memory reached the place.

On W-facing hillslope c. 150m NNW of td. boundary and c. 300m E of the junction of the Bun na gCnoc road and the trackway leading to Maumeen and St Patrick's Well (GA038-003002-). An unenclosed oval area (c. 13m by c. 12m) on S side of a knoll within which many small set boulders are visible (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. 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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