What is recorded here
On E-facing slope of a slight ridge, c. 260m SW of barrow (GA042-215----). A circular barrow (D 19.15m), in fair condition, comprising a slightly flat- topped central mound (H c. 0.75m max.) encircled by an internal fosse and external bank. Trees and bushes grow around the monument which has been denuded especially at SE. Another barrow (GA042-217----) lies 60m to SW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare and well-preserved example of early funerary architecture in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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