What is recorded here

Lisheen Childrens Burial Gd. is a small rectangular enclosure on a grassy rise in County Galway, marked by set stones and a partially collapsed drystone wall. It is a children's burial ground, not a vague ruin, and the clarity matters because the dead were young enough to be remembered as persons rather than reduced to legend. The stones still align east to west, preserving the shape of care given at the moment of loss.

On a rise in grassland. A well-preserved rectangular area (N-S 13.3m, E-W 11.1m) enclosed by a partially collapsed drystone wall. Within the interior, numerous small set stones indicate graves oriented E-W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

A possible Neolithic children's burial ground, potentially associated with a passage tomb complex; its presence suggests early ritual use of the landscape for burial practices.

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