Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Letter More, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter More
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57803, -10.01010
- SMR number
- GA009-023----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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 steep hillslope, on N side of road, overlooking Ballynakill Harbour to S. Known locally as Cillín, it consists of an unenclosed area (c. 9.15m by c. 6.1m) bounded on S by the road. Numerous small set stones are visible in the interior. Long disused, according to local people (info. T. Robinson). Not visited.
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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.