What is recorded here
Childrens Burial Ground occupies the east half of a Galway cashel, a raised rectangle twenty metres long where worked stones still mark tiny graves. The fact that adults shaped stone for children suggests love, not indifference. Whatever else the land has buried, this corner was set apart for the smallest lives.
Within the E half of a cashel (GA096-011----). Raised rectangular area (20.1m NE-SW; 11.7m NW-SE) within which burials are marked by recumbent or upright stones. Some of the stones are squared off and worked. (McCaffrey 1952, 149, no. 59).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 6 January 2017
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
IndicatedFairy fort / stone ringfort · 411 yd
Ballymore Parkcountry house · 1075 yd
Saint Colman's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 1345 yd
Strongfort Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1591 yd
Pete’s CastleCastle · 1.1 mi
Moyard WoodWood · 1.7 mi
Athenry CastleHeritage attraction · 4.3 mi
Horse-chestnutHorse-chestnut · 4.5 mi
MweenisharanIslet · 9.4 mi