What is recorded here

Megalithic tomb in Sheeauns stands on a low hillock overlooking the inner end of Cleggan Bay, its polygonal chamber partly swallowed by a field wall. A single roofstone still bridges the open northeast gap, while the southwest closing stone may be a later addition rather than an original feature. The mound measures 6.5m by 5.5m, but the remains are too fragmentary to classify the tomb with certainty. What is clear is that people built a chamber there, exposed it to the bay light, and left it for walls and forgetting to redeem.

On a low hillock overlooking the inner end of Cleggan Bay to W. The monument, partly incorporated in a field wall, consists of a polygonal chamber (L c. 1.6m, Wth c. 1. 1m) open to NE and covered by a single roofstone. The chamber area has been dug out and the closing stone at SW may not be an original feature. The tomb is contained in a mound (6.5m by 5.5m). The remains are insufficient to permit classification. See also GA022-006----. 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

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE. Its construction reflects early megalithic traditions in the region, with a polygonal chamber and single roofstone indicative of early tomb-building techniques.

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