Monuments

Stands 25m NW of GA111-021005-. A square mortared pier (L/Wth 0.9m, H 2.3m) roughly plastered and surmounted by a cross. The S face contains two plaques commemorating 'Catherine Gill als Flaherty', dated 1846. (Robinson 1980) 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

Linked to St. Een (or Eanna), an early Irish Christian saint, the site may have been a place of local veneration or pilgrimage. The monument's cross and dedicatory plaques suggest a continuity of religious tradition, possibly incorporating pre-Christian or early Christian practices.