What is recorded here

An Seanteampall is a graveyard on a small hillock at the NE shore of Inis Meáin, where a low scarped mound still holds plain grave-markers in its south-east and west. A modern field wall cuts through its south-west and north-west, yet the old shape remains visible above the island’s edge. People may have chosen that facing water because departure and memory both move like tides there.

On a small hillock close to NE shore of Inis Meáin. Indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map and known locally as 'An Seanteampall' or 'Reilig Chimí' (Robinson 1980). A low subcircular scarped mound encompasses the top of the hillock (N-S 14m, E-W 10m). Plain grave-markers are visible in SE quadrant and at W. Cut by a modern field wall at SW and NW. 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

Portal dolmen; dates to the Neolithic period. It is significant as a rare megalithic tomb structure in the Aran Islands, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices in western Ireland.

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