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On a sheltered terrace to NW of Port Mhuirbhigh, Inis Mór. This Nat. Mon., the best preserved of the clochans on the island, is oval in plan (NE-SW 6m, NW-SE 2.35m, H 2.7m). Two opposing doorways in NW and SE walls give access to the interior, with its fine corbelled roof, and there is a small window in SW end-wall. Probably of 17-18th-C date (pers. comm. E. Rynne). (Barry 1886, 492; Westropp 1895, 255-6; Robinson 1980)
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 monument was taken into Guardianship under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.
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