Monument in Foher, cairn in County Galway

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What is recorded here

Beside a house on E side of road at Salrock and immediately SW of Salrock Church (GA010-008001-). Indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small open circle. No visible surface trace survives. Five other possible wayside cairns (GA010-042----, GA010-043----, GA010-044----, GA010-045----)are known from the locality. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA010-047

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