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Grave Yard

Children's burial ground

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Grave Yard is a children's burial ground in County Galway, Ireland. It lies immediately south and east of a church, forming a roughly trapezoidal area twenty-four metres wide and twelve metres deep. Modern field walls enclose three sides while the church and a bullaun mark the fourth. Small set stones still appear through the undergrowth, waiting to be remembered.
Immediately S and E of a church (GA081-005001-). A roughly trapezoidal area (E-W 24m, N-S 12m) enclosed by modern field walls to E, S and W, and delimited by the church and a bullaun (GA081-005003-) to N. Numerous small set stones are visible in the undergrowth. 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

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