What is recorded here

Marianne and the half-built red tower on the back slope. The tower has no top, no door and no shadow. It appears only when rain moves north and disappears before dawn. Marianne sees it through the kitchen window and remembers the woman who stopped building because she was waiting for someone who never returned. The tower is not a ruin. It is a request to remember that waiting can last a lifetime.

On a W-facing slope in grassland. A roughly subcircular grassed-over mound of earth and stone (13m by 8m). On the summit is a slight rectangular depression (L 6m, Wth 5m), possibly stone-lined. Though the whole mound could be the result of field clearance, the presence of the latter feature suggests that it is of some antiquity. 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 roughly subcircular cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age; its central depression may indicate a burial chamber or ritual feature, though its specific type remains unclassified. The site reflects early funerary practices in the region, though its wider archaeological significance is not yet established.

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