What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Gd. is a children's burial ground in County Galway, Ireland, marked by set stones and faint wall traces within overgrown grassland. The narrow rectangular shape and east-west grave alignment suggest a small, dedicated place rather than a crowded churchyard. It may have served families who needed a separate quiet ground for lost children, keeping their memories close while leaving the main burial area unchanged.

In level grassland. Heavily overgrown subrectangular area (NW-SE 1.59m, NE-SW 9.6m) within which are numberous set stones indicating graves oriented E-W. Trances of an enclosing wall are visible at W and NW. 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

Aucloggeen Childrens Burial is a subrectangular prehistoric burial site, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, characterized by east-west oriented graves and possible kerb stones, indicating a ritual or funerary function. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early burial practices and settlement in an otherwise archaeologically under-recorded area.

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