Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Streamstown Or Barratrough, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Streamstown Or Barratrough
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51870, -10.05357
- SMR number
- GA022-069001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At E end of a ridge overlooking the inner reaches of Streamstown Bay to S. This partially ruined tomb is incorporated in a mound (L 16m, Wth 12m). At E are remains of a court. The N arm is formed of three stones in line with the gallery side, and S arm is represented by a curved line of stones. The gallery, aligned ENE-WSW (L c. 6m, Wth c. 1.9m), is divided into two chambers by a pair of transversely set jambs; S side of E chamber is missing. The remains of a house (GA022-069003-) stand at N end of the mound. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 9-10)
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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.