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In rolling pastureland, some 500m to the SW of another wedge-tomb (GA125-121----). This tomb is incorporated in a roadside fence. The remains comprise a short wedge-shaped gallery (L c. 3m; Wth estimated c. 1.5m at W narrowing to c. 1m at E), aligned E-W, represented by a closing stone at E, a single sidestone at N, two sidestones at S, and a backstone at E. The remains of a mound incorporating the tomb run under the fence. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 3, 522; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 22-3)
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).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 19 August 2019
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