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Childrens Burial Ground in Caltraghcreen

Children's burial ground
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Within the interior of a levelled ringfort (GA059-007001-). An unenclosed rectangular area (N-S 20.8m, E-W 9.5m) with burials indicated by small plain stones arranged in orderly rows aligned N-S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA059-007

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