Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Moorneen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moorneen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55086, -10.11420
- SMR number
- GA022-103002-
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 W-facing heather-covered hillslope in cutaway bog to S and E of a megalithic tomb (GA022-103001-) A short, discontinuous stretch of wall (L c. 50m) runs upslope to a low knoll. A cross-wall runs W towards the tomb. The walls extend over an area of c. 100m square.
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
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.