What is recorded here

You are standing in a megalithic tomb in County Galway, Ireland. The chamber measures 2.4 metres long and one metre wide, aligned ESE-WNW with single slabs at both ends. Set stones appear to the east and west, while faint mound traces mark the west side. The chamber has been dug out, with spoil cast beyond the south edge. It remains an unclassified megalithic tomb because too little survives to define its exact form.

On S-facing slope overlooking the inner reaches of Streamstown Bay. The monument consists of a subrectangular chamber (L 2.4m, Wth 1m) aligned ESE-WNW and closed at both ends by single slabs. A number of set stones to E and W of the monument appear to indicate further structure. Traces of a low mound are visible along W side. The chamber area has been completely dug out and the spoil deposited outside S side. The monument is clearly a megalithic tomb but the remains are insufficient to allow classification. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, xxiii, n.1) 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

Megalithic tomb in Streamstown or Barratrough is a Neolithic passage tomb, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its subrectangular chamber and orientation suggest a ritual or funerary function typical of early Irish megalithic traditions.

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