What is recorded here

Three or four rectangular graves sit just above the high-water mark on the inner reaches of Cloonisle Bay, their head and foot stones still marking narrow northern-southern beds. The sea touches them at spring tide, pulling at the dead and returning them breathless. Whoever laid them there understood water as a neighbour, not a victim.

To S of road and just above HWM on inner reaches of Cloonisle Bay. They consist of three or four rectangular graves (L c. 1.8m, Wth c. 0.6m) aligned N-S, each of which is defined by head- and foot-stones (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. 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

Rectangular megalithic graves, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Their alignment and construction suggest a formal burial practice, indicating social structure or ritual significance in the local prehistoric community.

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