Childrens Burial Gd.

On a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved irregularly shaped CBG (E-W 12m, N-S 3m) defined by a scarp at E, and at N and S by the natural slope; from SW through W to NW quarrying has disturbed the monument. The majority of the grave-markers consist of small moss-covered limestone blocks aligned N-S 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

Children's Burial Group, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, associated with megalithic funerary traditions. Its partial destruction limits assessment of wider regional significance.