Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballincurry, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballincurry
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64515, -8.40960
- SMR number
- GA007-013----
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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 an E-facing slope in pastureland. Poorly preserved enclosure, possibly subcircular in plan (N-S c. 60m). A field boundary, running N-S, cuts the monument in two and no visible trace survives to E of it. The surviving section is defined by an earthen bank from SW to NW, outside of which at WSW are traces of a possible fosse. From NW to N, the monument appears to have been truncated somewhat and is now defined by a straight scarp.
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.