What is recorded here
Within a ringfort (GA018-062----). All that survives of this CBG is a slight irregularly shaped mound of earth and stone (L 3m, Wth 2m), just N of the centre of the interior.
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; likely Early Christian or medieval in date. Its presence within a ringfort indicates a possible domestic or ritual connection between the settlement and burial practices.
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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