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Hut site

Mweelin, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, 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
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.55225, -9.88035
SMR number
GA023-049----

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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 a W-facing slope on the E bank of the Mweelin River in an area of heather-covered cutaway bogland in the Connemara National Park. This small subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 3m) is visible on an elevated fork of land between the river and a smaller stream. It is defined by a heather and moss-covered bank of earth and stone (Wth 0.8m; max. int. H 0.45m at N; ext. H 0.2-0.8m ) and is best preserved from NNW to NNE; only traces survive from E to S. Possibly associated with the pre-bog wall (GA023-047----) which lies c. 30m to the NW on the other side of the river. A ruined farmhouse and outbuilding lie to the SE. This monument was brought to the attention of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Helen Riekstiņš.

The following images have been uploaded:
GA023-048----_01.jpg
GA023-048----_02.jpg

Compiled by: Olive Alcock with information supplied by Helen Riekstiņš

Updated by: Olive Alcock

Date of revised upload: 7 February 2019

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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