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House - indeterminate date

Westquarter, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - indeterminate date, Westquarter, 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
Westquarter
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.61134, -10.23211
SMR number
GA009D027006-

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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)
  • 1841 · 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

Located in the interior of a promontory fort (GA009D027----). Westropp (1911, 63-4) recorded this 'single circular hut 15 feet [4.5m] wide' at the N end of the fort, at the highest point. Like the other house sites (GA009D027001- to GA009D027005-) he recorded, it was built 'with walls of earth and stones' and only survived 'a foot [0.3m] high'. Fragmentary traces now survive.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 28 October 2022

References

Westropp, T.J. 1911 Clare Island survey: history and archaeology. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 31, Section 1, Part 2, 1-78.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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