What is recorded here
Just above foreshore on rough grazing land. An unenclosed, roughly wedge-shaped area (N-S 15.2m, E-W 30m). Numerous small set stones, mainly beach boulders, are visible, including some of white quartz. A number of rectangular graves (L c. 1m, Wth 0.4m) are present, defined by head-, foot- and sidestones. (Hardiman 1846, 120)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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