Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Bracklagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bracklagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52758, -8.80822
- SMR number
- GA030-018----
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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 the summit of a low but prominent hillock in undulating grassland. Small roughly circular enclosure (D 7.6m) defined by a gravelly earthen bank. Opposing gaps at NW and SW could be original. Just S of centre is a faint mound. The siting and dimensions of the monument suggest that it may be a barrow, but it could also be the remains of a house.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.