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Enclosure

Cloonfaghna, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Cloonfaghna, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cloonfaghna
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Battle (Site of)
Coordinates
53.66604, -8.41407
SMR number
GA007-045001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1857 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a natural rise close to S bank of the River Suck. A large poorly preserved irregular enclosure (E-W 80m, N-S 52m) defined by a scarp. This appears to be partly natural from NW to NE, and partly artificial from NE to SE and from SW to NW: no trace of it survives from SE to SW. In the centre of the interior is a triangular flat-topped mound of earth and stone (L 3m, Wth 2.5m) with evidence of stone-facing along its E and S sides. According to OS 6-inch map, this is reputed to be the site of a battle. There is also a CBG (GA007-045003-) in the interior and a misceilaneous burial (GA007-0046----) lies immediately to S. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 74-5)

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.

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