What is recorded here
In E part of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA054-039001-). Indicated on 2nd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1899) as an unenclosed roughly D-shaped area (L/Wth c. 20m). What survives is a completely overgrown low platform within which numerous small upright stones are visible, including a lintelled grave at W.
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
Early Christian burial platform, 6th–8th century. Associated with a monastic site, it reflects the religious and funerary practices of the period.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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