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Castlegar Burial Ground — Castlegar (galway By.)

Children's burial ground
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On flat farmland 100m NW of Galway-Tuam Road. Noted by OS Letters as 'Lisheennagarlagh, Lisin Na n-garlach, the lisheen of the children, a burying place' (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 1, 397). The place is now a modern rectangular graveyard (L c. 45m, Wth c. 25m) and no visible surface trace of the CBG survives. 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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