What is recorded here

Lios na Tríonóide is a children's burial ground in County Galway where small set stones mark east-west graves inside a slightly raised rectangular area. Local tradition claims relatives planted the trees and bushes still growing there after using the site until the 1930s. The boulder revetment and row of stones preserve a tender, ominous fact: adult love often ends in soil, silence and memory.

In N half of a subcircular enclosure (GA055-062----). This CBG, correctly Lios na Tríonóide, consists of a roughly rectangular area (NNW-SSE 19m, WSW-ENE 25m), slightly raised above level of interior and defined on SSE and WSW sides by traces of a boulder revetment. Numerous small set stones are visible in the interior, generally arranged in N-S rows, indicating graves oriented E-W. According to local tradition, this CBG was in use until 1930s and many of the trees and bushes growing within it were planted by the relatives of the children. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Neolithic passage tomb; dates to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. It is significant as part of a broader network of megalithic tombs in the region, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organization.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.