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On the summit of a low hill overlooking the mouth of Abhainn an tSraithín. Thin slab of schist, rectangular in plan (H 1.63m) (GA023-028----). No visible trace survives of the faint 'rectangular enclosure [GA023-028001-], about 12ft. [3.65m] square' noted by Redington 'on the S side of this monument' (1914, 239-40). (Killanin 1954, 98)
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
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.
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