Stone row in Sheeauns, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a low ridge overlooking Lough Sheeauns to N. Comprises three rounded granite stones, aligned NNW-SSE, and measuring c. 4.50m overall. The N stone (L 1.2m) has fallen, and centre stone (H 0.5m) is considerably smaller than S stone (H 1m). An outlying monolith of ?schist, with quartz inclusions, lies c. 7.5m NNW of the fallen N stone. Part of a complex of monuments centred on Lough Sheeauns (GA022-006----). (Ó Nualláin 1988, 195; Gibbons and Higgins 1988b) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA022-060

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