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Childrens Burial Ground — Carnaun (dunmore By.)

Children's burial ground
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On E slope of an esker ridge. As quare area (L/Wth c. 14m) with traces of a possible enclosing wall at SW; a modern field wall forms NW boundary. Within the interior, tow rows of small set stones indicate graves oriented E-W. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 65) 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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