What is recorded here

Two granite stones stand two and a half metres apart on a Galway promontory, one squat and round, the other tall and oblong. They face each other across a gap narrow enough for a person to step through, suggesting a threshold rather than a boundary. Redington saw a small enclosure beside the taller stone in 1914, but that trace has vanished, leaving only the pair to mark what the earth once held.

On the summit at S end of the promontory c. 250m SSW of GA023-029----. Aligned NNW-SSE and 2.6m apart. Both stones (GA023-030----) are of granite. The N stone is squat and subcircular in plan (H 0.5m); S stone is taller and oblong in plan (H 1.5m). No visible trace survives of the small 'enclosure' (GA023-030001-) noted by Redington (1914, 238-9) on E side of S stone. 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

Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, the pair may have functioned as a ritual or territorial marker. Such aligned stones sometimes feature in local folklore as ancient boundary markers or sites of supernatural significance.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.