Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballaghaugeag West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballaghaugeag West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68219, -8.52045
- SMR number
- GA006-002----
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
In level marshland, c. 40m S of the Springfield River. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 20m). No visible surface trace 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
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.