Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Carrownderry, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownderry
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68207, -8.57343
- SMR number
- GA006-020----
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
Just off summit of a NW-SE running ridge in undulating grassland, overlooking the village of Williamstown to SE. Circular enclosure (D 110m), in fair condition, defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is present from N through E to S; elsewhere a degraded scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank are best preserved from E to S. Either of two gaps at W or E could be original.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.