Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
At E end of a ridge overlooking the inner reaches of Streamstown Bay to S. This partially ruined tomb is incorporated in a mound (L 16m, Wth 12m). At E are remains of a court. The N arm is formed of three stones in line with the gallery side, and S arm is represented by a curved line of stones. The gallery, aligned ENE-WSW (L c. 6m, Wth c. 1.9m), is divided into two chambers by a pair of transversely set jambs; S side of E chamber is missing. The remains of a house (GA022-069003-) stand at N end of the mound. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 9-10)
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
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.