What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Ground is a rectangular unenclosed area within a Galway ringfort where numerous uninscribed limestone markers lie collapsed under grass. The stones mark a child-specific death boundary inside a defensive earthwork, suggesting the community separated young lives from adult burial even when stone and memory failed.

Within a ringfort (GA046-003----). A rectangular unenclosed area (N-S 15.8m, E-W 13.5m), in fair condition, within which are numerous uninscribed limestone grave-markers; most have collapsed and are grassed over. (Claffey 1983, 146) 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

A medieval children's burial ground; associated with a ringfort and indicating local funerary practices.

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