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On the summit of a small grassy hill overlooking N shore of Omey Island. Known locally as Cnocán na mBan, it was, according to local tradition, a burial place reserved for women. It consists of a roughly circular enclosure (D 30m) defined by a much-degraded earthen bank best preserved at S where traces of an external stone revetment can be seen. A cross-slab (GA021-005001-) from the island (Wakeman 1891, 354; Crawford 1913, 152), now lost, has recently been provenanced to this graveyard (OPW file). (Higgins 1987, vol. 11, 299, no. 28)
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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 7 April 2016
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