What is recorded here
Lisvride Grave Yd is a children's burial ground within the W sector of a rath in County Galway, Ireland. A densely overgrown roughly square area about two metres across holds small set stones that mark the graves. The place belongs to the W sector of that rath, and the stones still show where the children were laid to rest.
Within the W sector of a rath (GA084-076----). This children's burial ground is defined by a densely overgrown roughly square area (c. 2m N-S; c. 2m E-W) within which a number of small set stones indicate graves. (Cody 1989, 200-2, no. 50)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 January 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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