What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Ground preserves small stones aligned east to west inside a faint oval bank on level farmland near Milltown. The size and separation suggest young bodies rather than adults, giving the quiet field a sharp tender edge. Later ploughing and forgetting may have blurred the margin, but the stones still mark the exact distance childhood travelled before death.

On level farmland, c. 500m NW of Milltown village. A roughly oval area (N-S 26.6m, E-W 22m) with slight indications of an enclosing earthen bank from SE to S. Within the interior, small set stones indicate graves oriented E-W. 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 roughly oval Neolithic burial ground, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, indicated by set stones and a possible enclosing bank; its significance lies in providing evidence of early burial practices and settlement in the Milltown area.

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