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Killeen Burying Ground

Children's burial ground

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Killeen Burying Ground is a children's burial ground in County Galway, Ireland. The elongated, grass-covered stony mound sits on a trigonometrical point with extensive views in all directions. Field-clearance boulders are visible on the NW side, while the E side is truncated where it is steepest. No grave-markers are visible, but the site is locally regarded as a children's burial ground.
In undulating grassland, on a trigonometrical point with extensive views in all directions. An elongated, grass-covered stony mound (14m N-S; 8.5m E-W) is truncated along the E side where it is steepest (H 2.6m). Field-clearance boulders are visible on the NW side. No grave-markers are visible but the site is locally regarded a children's burial ground. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 30 August 2019 The following image has been uploaded: GA116-063----_01.jpg
A Neolithic long cairn, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its location on a prominent trigonometrical point suggests ritual or ceremonial significance, typical of Neolithic funerary monuments in the region.

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