Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Moneen (island Ed), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneen (island Ed)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68712, -8.56609
- SMR number
- GA001-036----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On S-facing slope in grassland overlooking bog and marsh to S. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m) cut by a road at NE and SE. Only SW section, defined by a degraded overgrown scarp (H 1.5m), survives.
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.