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Anomalous stone group in Streamstown OR Barratrough

Anomalous stone group

What is recorded here

Five contiguous slabs rise thirty centimetres above the grass in Streamstown or Barratrough, curving around a buried mound like a broken sentence waiting for its final word. They sit north of a known megalithic tomb, yet resist classification because so little remains visible. The stones may mark a lost chamber, a forgotten circle, or merely human hands arranging rock before memory faded.
A short distance N of a megalithic tomb (GA022-069001-). An arc of five contiguous slabs (H 0.3m max.) set on edge. Within the area defined by them is a small grassed-over stone mound. Possibly a remnant of a megalithic tomb, or a stone circle, but the remains are insufficient to permit classification. 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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