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On W-facing slope to S of Pollcappul Lough and within Connemara National Park. This ruined court-tomb is incorporated in a cairn (18m by 16m), which survives to a height of c. 1.5m. The remains comprise a gallery (L 6m, Wth c. 1.5m) aligned NE-SW. It is divided into two chambers by a single transversely set jamb; the SE side of the outer E chamber is concealed or missing. A fine entrance jamb survives at NE and the top of a possible court stone is exposed to E. The NE sector of the cairn is crossed by a path-like feature formed by the laying of a water pipe to a holy well (GA023-023001-) to SE of the monument. An old field wall abuts E corner of the cairn. (Gosling 1986, 47; Gibbons and Higgins 1988d, 65)
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
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