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Burial in Cooloo

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On an esker. This monument consists of three elongated mounds, of similar size (L c. 3.5m H c. 0.55), forming a triangle (Claffey 1983, 151). According to local tradition, they are the graves of 'chieftains' killed in a dispute over land (ibid., 105). 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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