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Childrens Burial Ground — Addergoole More

Children's burial ground
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Within and immediately S of a church (GA017-008002-). A roughly quadrangular area (E-W 21m, N-S 12m) within which lie numerous closely set small stones indicating graves (L 1m, Wth 0.5m), which also have upright grave-markers, are visible. An inscribed cross-slab lay recumbent amongst the burials to S and two other inscribed cross-slabs were discovered in field-clearance rubble to E. (Higgins 1987, 282, no. 13). 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

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