Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Droinn, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Droinn
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Graves
- Coordinates
- 53.56363, -9.48398
- SMR number
- GA026-011----
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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
On Dead Island, close to N shore of Lough Mask and the Galway-Mayo border. Named, but not clearly marked, on 2nd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1899) on S side of the low hillock which forms the bulk of the island. Regarded by local tradition as Famine burials. No visible surface trace survives.
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
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosure1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.