Discover Alone, back to main map

Carn

Cairn, unclassified

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

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places