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Children's burial ground

Rathwilladoon, County Galway, Ireland

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Townland
Rathwilladoon
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Coordinates
52.99469, -8.87717
SMR number
GA128-069----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Some 40m to the SE of a rath (GA128-070----). This poorly preserved burial ground consists of an unenclosed oval area (NE-SW 24m, NW-SE 11.5m) sloping down to E. Within it a number of small set stones and slabs, haphazardly arranged, indicate graves. A mature tree is growing in the centre of the interior. Possibly a children's burial ground.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 13 March 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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