What is recorded here
Childrens Burial Ground in County Galway, Ireland is a quadrangular area enclosed by a stone wall, measuring about forty metres north-south and thirty-six metres east-west. Small set stones still mark the interior, though overgrowth has obscured them. The place is identified as a children's burial ground, giving it a solemn purpose that contrasts with the quiet grassland around it.
In gently undulating grassland. An overgrown quadrangular area (N-S 40, E-W 36m) enclosed by a stone wall. Within the interior are a number of small set stones, now obscured by overgrowth.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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