Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Durrow, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Durrow
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69527, -8.45910
- SMR number
- GA002-022----
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
Immediately SE of the graveyard of the church (C of I) is an enigmatic earthwork. It comprises a rectangular area (E-W 15.5m, N-S 11.5m) defined by a steep-sided earthen bank (Wth 2.8m, H 1.5m, max.). This encloses a 19th-C burial-vault of the Baggot family and may be just a landscaped surround, albeit a sizeable one. Alcock et. al. (1999, 239, No. 2927) imply a possible association with the mid-17th century bastioned fort (see GA002-022001-); this does not seem likely.
O. Alcock, K. de hÓra and P. Gosling, Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999)
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Date of revision: 20 January 2012
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.