What is recorded here
Keeloges West holds a tall irregular limestone slab, two metres high and aligned east to west. The stone stands in gently undulating grassland, waiting for people to remember why it was placed there.
In gently undulating grassland. A tall irregular limestone slab (H 2m), subrectangular in plan, aligned E-W.
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
Dated to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker or ceremonial monument. No specific folklore or inscriptions are recorded, though its east-west alignment may reflect ritual or astronomical significance.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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