What is recorded here
Childrens Burial Ground in County Galway, Ireland, is a circular grassy mound eight metres across where grave stones still push through the sod. The west-facing slope catches late light on markers for children no longer named, reminding passers-by that joy and loss both belonged to this land.
On a W-facing slope in grassland. This children's burial ground consists of a roughly circular raised area (diam. 8m; H 0.4m) within which numerous stones marking graves project through the sod cover.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 2 September 2019
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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