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Childrens Burial Gd. (Disused) — Ben Beg

Children's burial ground
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Within the E sector of a rath (GA098-037----). Marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly subrectangular area (c. 12m NW-SE; c. 9m NE-SW) and named 'Children's Burial Gd. (Disused)'. The interior of the rath has been heavily quarried and the burial ground is defined by a roughly L-shaped area within which numerous set stones indicate graves aligned E-W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 February 2019

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