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On Inis Meáin, in an area of small pasture fields to NNE of and below Baile an Mhothair. No trace of this monument survives. In 1839 it consisted of a chamber formed by two sidestones, each about 3.25m long, and a partly displaced slab which closed SE end; N end was open. A single horizontal roofstone rested on the sidestones. The description suggests a simple wedge-tomb. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 27)
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
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 42.
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