What is recorded here
On a rise in pastureland. This monument consists of a poorly preserved subcircular grassed-over cairn (NNW-SSE 15.5m, WSW-ENE 14m, H 0.8m), the NW section of which has been quarried out.
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 subcircular cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age, partially quarried and now grassed over. Its significance is primarily as a local example of early funerary or ritual mound construction.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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