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Grave Yard — Limehill

Children's burial ground

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A children's burial ground with E-W aligned graves, likely medieval in date; significance lies in its structured layout and indication of communal burial practices.

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What is recorded here

In low-lying pastureland. This children's burial ground consists of an unenclosed subrectangular area (c. 18m N-S; c. 14m E-W) within which numerous set stones, running in N-S rows, indicate graves aligned E-W. Within the NW sector of the interior a box-like grave plot (L 1.2m; Wth 0.5m) is defined by a number of set stones. St Brendan’s Well (GA106-112002-) lies c. 15m to the SSE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 September 2019
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