What is recorded here

Ardnagreevagh holds a narrow wedge tomb set inside the remains of a circular bank. Two sloping stones and one roof stone form a chamber slightly longer than two metres but less than one metre wide, pointing east and west like a knife thrust into the earth. It may have marked death, birth, season or boundary for the people who built the ring around it.

This monument is longitudinally incorporated in the possible remnants of the bank of a circular enclosure (GA009-002002-). It consists of a small narrow chamber (L >2m, Wth c. 0.7m) aligned E-W, formed by two sidestones and covered by a single roofstone. The tops of the sidestones slope down from W to E. A partially concealed stone to E may be a backstone. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 3-4) 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).

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its incorporation into a circular enclosure suggests a ritual or ceremonial significance within a broader prehistoric landscape.

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