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Carn in Caltragh

Cairn, unclassified
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On the summit of Knockmaa, a prominent hilltop to SW of Tuam. A very large well-preserved subcircular cairn (E-W 22.2m, N-S 20.5m, H c. 5m) with a trigonometrical station on its flat summit. This is the largest and most prominent of a group of four cairns on the hilltop (see GA042-064003-, GA042-064---- and GA042-064004-): the others stand c. 70m to WSW, c.130m to WNW and c. 230m to W respectively. There are also cairns on the summits of the adjoining hills to E and W (GA043-033001-, GA042-093----, GA042-150----). Killanin and Duignan 1967, 305; CUCAP ATF 26, 28) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA042-064002

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  • Enda O Flaherty, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mac McCarron, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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