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At the junction of three roads 0.5km ENE of Menlough village. A square mortared pier (L/Wth 1.5m, H 2.5m) on a splayed base. It has a pyramidal top and a plaque on W face commemorating 'William Connell and his wife Catherine Coyne and their son Edmund O'Connell and his wife Sarah Eher', dated 1693. (Athy 1914, 160) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA082-065

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Marathon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Aiden Clarke, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Donal Mac Coitir, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • Galway Advertiser; individual photographer not named, www.advertiser.ie
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