What is recorded here

Seven metres of Galway soil hold small stones marking child graves inside an ancient ringfort. Four separate circular borders sit nearby, perhaps giving more young lives a visible place to rest. The ground remains unenclosed, exposing the children to rain and memory instead of locking them behind walls.

Within a ringfort (GA070-099----). Unenclosed rectangular area (NNW-SSE 7m, NE-SW 4m) within which a number of graves are marked by small set stones. Some 3m to S lie four small circular enclosures (D c. 1.9m) delimited by small set stones; these features may also represent graves. 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 Neolithic or early Bronze Age burial site, likely associated with a ringfort; its small set stones and multiple graves suggest a local cemetery with possible ritual significance.

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