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Crukaunnapostha (Infants Burial Ground) — Derreennagusfoor

Children's burial ground
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On an oval hillock in bogland NW of Loch an Iarainn. All that is visible of this CBG, correctly Cnocán na bPáistí are some small stones outlining two to three rectangular graves beside a thorntree. There is a large limestone erratic at NW end of the hillock (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. 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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