Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Ballynakill (ballymoe By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakill (ballymoe By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64943, -8.44328
- SMR number
- GA007-035002-
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 top of a rise in pastureland. Poorly preserved oval area (N-S 61m, E-W 41m) defined from NNW to SE by a bank of earth and stone, and elsewhere a scarp. External fosse visible from SE to S. Possible entrance at SSE. A church (GA007-035----) and graveyard occupy S half of the interior. A ringfort (GA007-036----) lies c. 50m to SSE.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Wall monument - effigialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.