Mound in Annaghkeen, County Galway

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What is recorded here

At W end of a low gravel ridge near E shore of Lough Corrib. Known locally as 'An Carn Bheag', it was described in 1925 as 'an untouched Cairn of stones' (Costello 1924a, 118). What is visible is a low poorly preserved and densely overgrown almost circular mound (D c. 21.5m) with a central depression, suggesting some robbing out of material. Possibly similar to GA055-001001-, 675m to NNE, and GA055-006----, 750m to NE. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 304-5) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA055-003

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