Pillar, designed landscape in County Galway

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Adjacent to a road, c. 250m to the SSW of Woburn House. This poorly preserved circular solid limestone pillar (D c. 1.8m; H 2.6m) is constructed of roughly cut rectangular blocks with a rubble core; the latter is evident at W where a section has been removed. Traces of render are visible. According to the landowner the pillar was originally higher and may have had a conical cap. The upper part is now obscured by ivy. Two small apertures (Wth c. 0.6m) are visible midway up the pillar at E and at SE. Possibly a folly or cenotaph associated with Woburn House.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA108-160

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