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Grave Yard — Cloonkeen (kelly)

Children's burial ground
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What is recorded here

On a S-facing slope overlooking the Kingstown River to W. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a very small C-shaped area (D c. 8m). Now indicated by a subrectangular unenclosed raised area (L 8.2m, Wth 6.3m) within which are a number of small set stones indicating graves aligned WNW-ESE. Possibly a CBG. 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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