Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Cruagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cruagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52485, -10.21252
- SMR number
- GA021-038001-
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
In a sheltered spot on ENE side of Cruagh Island. A small subcircular enclosure (D c. 20m) (GA021-038----), in fair condition, with a pair of conjoined huts (Ds 4m (GA021-038001-) and 6m (GA021-038002-)) along N perimeter. The latter have evidently been reused as sheep pens (info. M. Gibbons). This may possibly be the same as the 'spot on the north side of the island called Caibidil na mbrathar' referred to in OS letters (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 79). 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: 30 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundary1 mi
- Stone sculpture2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.