Monument in Salrock, cairn in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On N side of road from Tully to Salrock. Indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small open circle. No visible surface trace survives. Five other possible wayside cairns (GA010-074----; GA010-042----; GA010-043----; GA010-044----) are known along this road. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA010-045

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