What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Ground is a 32m by 20m enclosure in County Galway, bounded by an earthen bank, scarp and boundary wall, with set stones marking east-west graves beside a church. Two holy wells sit ten metres to the west. The layout suggests a dedicated place where infant deaths were acknowledged rather than hidden, and the nearby wells imply prayer continued beyond burial.

Some 20m to the E of a church (GA105-028001-). This children's burial ground consists of a rectangular area (L 32m; Wth 20m) which is defined by an earthen bank at N and E, by a scarp at S and by the townland boundary wall at W. Within the interior numerous set stones indicate graves aligned E-W. Two holy wells (GA105-029003- and GA105-029004-) lie c. 10m to the W. (McCaffrey 1952, 259, no. 19) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 3 September 2019

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