Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Sheeauns, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheeauns
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55509, -10.06884
- SMR number
- GA022-062----
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 low knoll in an upland area of cutaway bog. Poorly preserved irregular enclosure (N-S 54m, E-W 34m) defined by a dry stone wall. Centrally placed within the interior is an almost circular house (E-W 9.7m, N-S 9.3m) with an entrance at E. A number of other houses (GA022-113----) lie nearby.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.