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On the summit of Knockroe, a prominent partly wooded hill to SW of Abbeyknockmoy. A total of three small cairns are visible, all denuded and/or partly damaged by the relay stations on the hill summit: (a GA058-061----) the largest cairn on the highest point (OD 554 ft), is circular (D 12m) and was previously used as a trigonometrical point; (b GA058-061001-) c. 12m to S is another circular cairn (D 9m, H 1.6m) surmounted by the modern concrete trigonometrical station; (c GA058-061002-) c. 14m to NE of (a) is another small circular cairn (D 5m, H 0.5m).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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