What is recorded here
Some 240m SE of a similar monument (GA056-086----). A low oval mound (NE-SW 25.2m, NW-SE 13.3m) composed of small stones but much overgrown. It is delimited by a modern field wall at NW and elsewhere by trees and bushes. In SE sector, traces of a possible revetment (L 2m, H 0.3m) are visible.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
A portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its potential as part of a broader ritual or funerary landscape in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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