What is recorded here

Clough-more Legaun stood in Galway pastureland until a 1839 storm fell it and men broke the fallen flag in the 1930s. O'Flaherty recorded it in 1684, giving the stone more than two centuries of witness before it lost even its ruins.

In level pastureland to E of the old road from Moycullen to Oughterard. First recorded by O'Flaherty in 1684 (Hardiman 1846, 55-6), and known traditionally as 'Clough-more Legaun'. Described by Wilde as a 'large limestone flag... prostrated by the storm of 1839 and ... measures 121/2 feet [3.8m] long by 7 1/2 wide [2.3m], and is 13 inches thick [0.33m]' (1872, 304-5). Broken up in 1930s. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 164) 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

Dated to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the stone may have functioned as a territorial marker or ceremonial monument. Local tradition names it 'Clough-more Legaun,' though specific folklore or symbolic meaning is not recorded.

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