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Graveyard for Children

Children's burial ground
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Immediately to the S of a rath (GA098-079001-). This children's burial ground consists of a subrectangular unenclosed area (L 11.8m; Wth 7.4m) within which numerous set stones indicate graves aligned ESE-WNW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA098-079

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