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Childrens Burial Ground

Children's burial ground

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Childrens Burial Ground is a small unenclosed rectangular area on a slight rise in County Galway, Ireland. Upright and recumbent boulders mark graves aligned north-south within about ten metres east-west and eight metres north-south. The stones sit on a south-facing slope in pastureland, giving the place a quiet, exposed character.
On a slight rise, on a S-facing slope in pastureland. This children's burial ground consists of an unenclosed rectangular area (c. 10m E-W; c. 8m N-S) within which a number of upright and recumbent boulders mark graves aligned N-S. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 September 2019

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