What is recorded here
On an E-facing slope in grassland adjacent to a stream. According to local information, this is a children's burial ground. It is rectangular in plan (int. dims. 14.7m E-W; 11m N-S) and is defined by a low wide earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m), which is heavily overgrown with trees and bushes, and an external fosse (Wth c. 1.5m; D 0.3m). No grave-markers are visible.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 2 September 2019
A rectangular earthen burial mound, likely a cist or early Christian burial site; significance includes potential links to local traditions of children's burials.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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