What is recorded here

Lisheenabasty is a children's burial ground within a Galway ringfort, marked by random stones and a long rectangular slab. It is a place where small lives ended and were hidden beneath grass, leaving behind a quiet pattern of grief rather than grand monument.

Within a ringfort (GA042-038001-), in a slight hollow. A partially overgrown unenclosed raised rectangular area (N-S 15m, E-W 7m) within which are a number of randomly placed set stones indicating graves. A long rectangular stone (L 2.1m, Wth 0.4m, T 0.3m) lies close by in N sector of the ringfort. 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 Neolithic or early Bronze Age burial site, likely a cist or simple stone grave arrangement. Its location within a ringfort suggests later reuse or cultural overlap, though its original significance as an early funerary monument remains important for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns in the region.

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