What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Ground lies just south of a Galway church, a small rectangular field crowded with tiny graves no longer than a child’s reach. Three inscribed cross-slabs still surface there, one fallen among the stones and two recovered from field rubble, proving the place served the youngest dead. The closeness of the markers suggests whole families or whole seasons of loss, each small life given its own stone instead of being forgotten in a shared pit.

Within and immediately S of a church (GA017-008002-). A roughly quadrangular area (E-W 21m, N-S 12m) within which lie numerous closely set small stones indicating graves (L 1m, Wth 0.5m), which also have upright grave-markers, are visible. An inscribed cross-slab lay recumbent amongst the burials to S and two other inscribed cross-slabs were discovered in field-clearance rubble to E. (Higgins 1987, 282, no. 13). 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

Childrens Burial Ground, Addergoole More is a medieval Christian burial site, likely associated with the adjacent church. Its significance lies in providing insight into early Christian burial practices and local ecclesiastical history.

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