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Immediately S of a large enclosure (GA007-045001-). Known locally as 'McCriosain's Grave', it consists of a rectangular limestone slab (L.2m, Wth 1.25m), aligned N-S and set flush with the ground surface. It is reputedly the burial place of a giant. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA007-046

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  • Hyacinth45 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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