What is recorded here

An upright stone and a fallen companion stood on flat Galway pasture until removal in the 1960s or early 1970s. Tradition called the pair a mass-rock, giving the stones a church-like purpose in open country. They are gone now beneath Ballybrit Racecourse, leaving no visible trace but a shape remembered through local story.

On flat open pastureland, now part of Ballybrit Racecourse. Until its removal in the 1960s or early 1970s, it consisted of 'an upright stone with an adjacent prostrate stone' which tradition held to be a mass-rock (Topgr. Files, UCG). No visible surface traces survive. (Anon. 1918, 99) 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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