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Cairn — wayside cairn in Cill Mhuirbhigh

Cairn — wayside cairn
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On a flat limestone terrace, immediately E of a byroad, overlooking Port Mhuirbhigh, Inis Mór. A group of five small, roughly circular stone cairns (D 1.5-1.9m, H 0.85m average). Each consists of a limestone upright around which a number of stones have been piled. A similar group of cairns (GA110-046----) lies c. 100m to SE. 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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