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Grave Yard GA082-011002- in Ballybrit

Children's burial ground
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Within a ringfort (GA082-011----). The interior has been in use as a graveyard since time of 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map. Though still in use for general burial in 1970 (Topgr. Files, UCG), the name lisheen suggests that this was once restricted to children. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA082-011002

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GA082-011002-
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