What is recorded here

Childrens Burial Ground occupies a hidden corner inside a Galway ringfort, where unmarked limestone blocks still protrude through grass. They may be broken grave-markers for infants who died before records began, while the mound above them suggests later clearance buried the truth again. The children never entered written history, yet their small graves remain fixed within the fortress boundary.

Within a ringfort (GA087-049----). All that survives is an irregular grass-covered mound, possibly the result of clearance, within which some unmarked limestone blocks protrude. These may be the remains of grave-markers. 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 early medieval burial site, potentially associated with a ringfort; its significance lies in the indication of local funerary practices and possible child burials in an otherwise unmarked and enigmatic context.

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