What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Ground is a children's burial ground within a ringfort in County Galway, Ireland. Local people call it lisheen. Small set stones still mark east-west graves in the northern part of the rath, some with head and foot stones visible. The arrangement suggests a crowded, tender place where young lives were laid to rest beside the older fortress.

Within a ringfort (GA044-071----). This CBG known locally as 'lisheen', is confined to N section of the interior of the rath. It consists of a number of set stones, indicating graves oriented E-W. A number of head- and foot-stones are visible. 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 within a ringfort, likely medieval in date. Its significance lies in the indication of dedicated infant or child burials within a domestic or defensive context, a rare and informative find for understanding medieval funerary practices.

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