Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lissaleen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissaleen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58959, -8.93917
- SMR number
- GA016-111----
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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
In undulating grassland. Aerial reconnaissance in July 1965 (CUCAP ALR 82) revealed a low circular enclosure defined by two vegetation bands. The field has since been reclaimed and all that survives is a very poorly preserved circular area (D 31m) defined by a slight scarp and an external fosse. Two earthworks (GA016-112----, GA016-113----) lie c. 100m to NNE and c. 100m to NE respectively.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.