What is recorded here
Cloonederowen holds a shallow circular ditch near the ridge summit, marked by a low earthen bank and flanked by strange standing stones. It is small enough to walk around in minutes yet large enough to suggest that people gathered there when the land was younger. The grassy slope still preserves the shape, inviting imagination about festivals, arguments or quiet rituals lost beneath centuries of rain.
Close to summit of a low ridge. Poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 17m, N-S 14m) defined by a broad low earthen bank (Wth 5m, H 0.4m). The interior is slightly dished in profile. A line of granite boulders, possibly part of a field wall, runs off from the enclosure at SE. There is a standing stone (GA022-099----) immediately to ESE and a stone pair (GA022-023----) to NW.
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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