Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Gortmorris, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortmorris
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63138, -8.40366
- SMR number
- GA007-068001-
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 a low knoll in pastureland. Poorly preserved oval enclosure (NW-SE 80m, NE-SW 65m) defined by a low earthen bank from W to NE, and elsewhere by a degraded scarp. An external fosse is present from SE to WNW. There is a possible entrance (Wth 5m) at SE and field boundaries cut the monument at N, S and W. The interior is pitted with a number of hollows, the northernmost of which contains a holy well (GA007-068002-). According to local tradition, there was a monastery here and human bones are said to have been found close to the well.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.