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Laghteyne Graveyard

Children's burial ground
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At the E end of a much-quarried hummock in undulating grassland. This childrens' burial ground is defined by a roughly L-shaped unenclosed area (L 9m; Wth 4.3m) within which numerous set limestone blocks indicate graves aligned E-W. Quarrying has encroached upon it at NW. (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 488) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 August 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA098-041

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