Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ardnagreevagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardnagreevagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60639, -10.02775
- SMR number
- GA009-002002-
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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
About 100m from the sea in an area of rough grassland and rock outcrop. Described by Kinahan (1869a, 282) as 'a small, nearly circular “Les” [sic] or clay fort, about 23 yards [21m] in diameter'. This was defined by a 'rampart and foss [sic]' but these features had 'been levelled and the ancient enclosure nearly obliterated'. Kinahan had been attracted to the site by the cromleac-like structure 'built in the S.S.W. part of the rampart': this wedge-tomb (GA009-002001-) is today incorporated into a possible remnant of the enclosure bank. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 413)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Cursing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.