What is recorded here

Ten metres of loose stone circle the summit of Ben Levy, overlooking a small lake through Galway bogland. Six heavy boulders lie scattered at its eastern base as though thrown in anger or haste. A metre-wide enclosure stands beside the main mound, built from material taken from the larger cairn. Someone climbed this remote ridge, rearranged its stones and made a smaller chamber for a purpose no longer spoken.

In an area of bogland and outcropping rock on the summit of Ben Levy, overlooking a small lake to the NW. This subcircular cairn (diam. c. 10m; H c. 4m), constructed of loose stone, is fairly well preserved. Six large boulders evident near its base in the E sector appear to have been thrown there. On the summit some of the cairn material has been used to construct a small enclosure (diam. c. 1m; H c. 1m). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 February 2017

Neolithic cairn; dates to the earlier part of the Neolithic period in Ireland (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its location on a prominent hilltop suggests it may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, common for such monuments in the landscape.

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