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Childrens Grave Yard — Glencraff

Children's burial ground
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On a natural shelf, on W side of valley at limit of formerly cultivated land. A roughly rectangular area (L c. 20m, Wth c. 8m) with traces of a possible enclosing stone and earth bank on SW side. Numerous small stones, mainly displaced, are visible within it, including some which outline small rectangular graves, aligned E-W. Some head- and foot-stones are also visible. 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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