What is recorded here
Childrens Burial Ground occupies the eastern half of an old rath in County Galway, where simple set stones mark small graves inside a narrow rectangular space. Local memory places the last burial near 1900, suggesting the site remained active while much of the wider landscape had stopped changing. The children may have belonged to a nearby household, a passing family, or a forgotten community, yet the stones still give their loss a shape that can be seen and respected.
Within the E half of a rath (GA100-067----). This children's burial ground is defined by an unenclosed rectangular area (10m E-W; 5.5m N-S) within which a number of set stones indicate graves. According to local information, the last burial took place c. 1900.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 22 February 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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