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Megalithic tomb - court tomb

Mweelin, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - court tomb, Mweelin, 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
Mweelin
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.55501, -9.87845
SMR number
GA023-024----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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-facing slope to S of Pollcappul Lough and within Connemara National Park. This ruined court-tomb is incorporated in a cairn (18m by 16m), which survives to a height of c. 1.5m. The remains comprise a gallery (L 6m, Wth c. 1.5m) aligned NE-SW. It is divided into two chambers by a single transversely set jamb; the SE side of the outer E chamber is concealed or missing. A fine entrance jamb survives at NE and the top of a possible court stone is exposed to E. The NE sector of the cairn is crossed by a path-like feature formed by the laying of a water pipe to a holy well (GA023-023001-) to SE of the monument. An old field wall abuts E corner of the cairn. (Gosling 1986, 47; Gibbons and Higgins 1988d, 65)

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

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

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