What is recorded here
Part of Baile na mBocht (GA110-162----); on level ground. Described by Kinahan (1869d, 26, no. 4) as the 'ruin of a cloghaun', the remains now comprise a low circular grassed-over cairn of stone (D 12.8m) with oval and circular concentrations of collapsed blocks at E and W: possibly the remains of two conjoined chambers. (Kinahan 1869d, 26, no. 4)
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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