What is recorded here
That is the largest chambered passage in Ireland. It stretches more than seven metres beneath a Galway rath, built from dry stone and sealed at one end. A displaced capstone at the other still opens the dark, waiting for someone brave enough to crawl inside and listen.
Within a rath (GA027-030----). Well-preserved drystone-built rectangular chamber (L >7.2m) running NW-SE with a blocked creep in NW wall. Present access is via a displaced capstone at SE end.
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
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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