What is recorded here
On a gentle S-facing slope in pastureland, c. 15m to the W of the Dooyertha River. This subrectangular children's burial ground (L 16.4m; Wth 12.3m) is defined by a drystone wall on its NW side but is otherwise unenclosed. Within it an irregular spread of small upright headstones mark graves.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 September 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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