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Childrens Burial Ground — Killeen (dunmore By.)

Children's burial ground
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On a slight artificial platform in NE quadrant of a ringfort (GA029-110----). A subrectangular area (E-W 20.5m, N-S 16.5m) bounded at E by the rath's bank; possible traces of an enclosing wall are visible at SE and NNW. Small set stones, indicating graves oriented E-W, are visible in the interior. (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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