Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Westquarter, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Westquarter
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61833, -10.25301
- SMR number
- GA009D028----
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 steep N-facing slope overlooking the mouth of Ballynakill Harbour. A poorly preserved subrectangular structure (L 7.4m, Wth 1.3-1.6m), aligned WNW-ESE, and defined by set boulders (H 0.45m max.). The remains are insufficient to permit classification.
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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.