What is recorded here

Poll na Marbh is a shallow hollow where O'Briens fell to O'Flaherty blades, now surrendering its stones and bones to the Atlantic tide. The sea does not remember names or grudges; it only takes. What the land refused to keep, the water claims without mercy.

In a slight hollow between road and seashore at E end of An Trá Mhór, Inis Mór. All that is visible are a few uninscribed set stones in the hollow which is eroding on to the foreshore. Known locally as Poll na Marbh (Robinson 1980), and reputed to be the burial place of O'Briens slaughtered by O'Flahertys. Skeletons are reported to have been uncovered there in recent times (pers. comm. T. Robinson). There is also another burial (GA119-019---- ) c. 50m to WSW. 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

A Neolithic stone burial in a coastal hollow, likely a cist or portal dolmen; its location suggests ritual significance in a maritime landscape, though details are obscured by erosion.

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