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Cartron (ballynahinch By.), County Galway, Ireland

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Townland
Cartron (ballynahinch By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cartron Isd.
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.55578, -10.05473
SMR number
GA022-013----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Close to centre of Ballynakill Lough. Cartron Island, as it is marked on the OS 6-inch maps, is a small subcircular overgrown island (E-W 20m; N-S 18.5m) defined by a stone platform. The interior rises slightly to form a flat mound with traces of a drystone revetment at N. The remains of two huts (GA022-013001-, GA022-013002-) occupy the interior.

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

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

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