What is recorded here

No stones or ditches mark the western edge of the Galway ringfort, yet children were buried there until a family lost six or seven young lives decades ago. The earth keeps what sight cannot find.

Within W section of a ringfort (GA005-070----). Traditionally known as a CBG and referred to by Neary (1914, 121, no. 66) as 'a cemetery'. No visible surface trace survives. According to local information, the last burials were those of an unfortunate family who lost six or seven children c. 50 years ago. 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 Ground, likely early medieval in date, associated with a ringfort and reflecting local burial practices. Its significance lies in providing evidence of domestic or ritual use of space within a defended settlement.

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