What is recorded here
On N side of a hill between Baile na mBocht (GA110-162----) and Teampall an Ceathrar Álainn (GA110-086001-). An elongated grassed-over mound of earth and stone (E-W 15.6m, Wth 7.2m, H 0.95m) ' cut by a stone wall at N and S. A number of large limestone blocks just to NW are part of an animal shelter.
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 long barrow; dates to the early farming period in Ireland. Its orientation and construction suggest ritual or burial use, typical of Neolithic communal tombs in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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