Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Anomalous stone group
Cill éinne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill éinne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA119-022----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the sand-dunes on S side of An Trá Mhór. Described by Kilbride (1868, 117) as 'An old stone called the cross (Cros an fhéuir), which then [in Cromwell's time] served as a boundary mark'. This appears to be synonymous with the 'Liagaitreabh' marked on his map (ibid., facing 102), though this is not explicity stated in the text. Westropp (1895, 264-5) notes this as 'a structure resembling a cromlech'. No visible surface trace survives.
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