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Field boundary in Moorneen

Field boundary

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Moorneen holds a broken stone line beside an ancient tomb, marking a field that predates modern ownership. The wall runs fifty metres upslope through heather, then crosses west toward the burial place, shaping a hundred metre square of forgotten use. People likely herded animals or claimed land there before records existed, while the tomb watched over both the living and dead. The stones remain disjointed because time, weather and human change have rewritten the boundary more than once.
On W-facing heather-covered hillslope in cutaway bog to S and E of a megalithic tomb (GA022-103001-) A short, discontinuous stretch of wall (L c. 50m) runs upslope to a low knoll. A cross-wall runs W towards the tomb. The walls extend over an area of c. 100m square. 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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