What is recorded here

At foot of a SW-facing slope at S end of the island. A steep-sided, almost quadrilateral, grassed-over stony mound (NNE-SSW 13m, ESE-WNW 9.3m, H 2.2m) traversed by a field wall running NW-SE. Cattle-rubbing at SW corner of the mound has exposed dark organic soil with limpet shell and small angular stones. (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

A Bronze Age cairn; its location and construction suggest a ceremonial or funerary function, though specific archaeological significance remains undocumented.

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