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Children's burial ground

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On a hummock in undulating pastureland. This children's burial ground consists of an unenclosed rectangular area (18m N-S; 15m E-W) within which numerous small set stones mark graves. Just NW of centre is an inscribed slab dated 1796. Quarrying has encroached upon it at SE and W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 30 August 2019
A children's burial ground, likely medieval in date, marked by small set stones; its inscribed stone suggests local commemorative or ecclesiastical significance.

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