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Megalithic tomb - court tomb

Ballynew (Ballynahinch By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - court tomb, Ballynew, 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
Ballynew (Ballynahinch By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.56168, -10.06779
SMR number
GA022-006----

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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

On W side of a small valley overlooking Bundouglas Cove to N and Ballynakill Lough to SE. The monument is ruined and the remains comprise four stones. At E are two well-matched jambs which probably mark the entrance to a gallery. The other two stones form part of S side of the gallery. The remains are sufficient to indicate that the monument was a court-tomb (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 7). This is one of a group of five tombs (GA022-007----, GA022-008----, GA022-063001-, GA022-106----) which, with a stone row (GA022-060----), a stone pair (GA022-009----); pre-bog field walls (GA022-077----) and several houses (GA022-113-----GA022-113007-), are centred on Lough Sheeauns c. 1km to SW. (Gibbons and Higgins 1988b; Molloy and O'Connell 1987)

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

See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Nearby in the register

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

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