Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Shanvally (dunmore By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanvally (dunmore By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54922, -8.74213
- SMR number
- GA030-130----
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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
Human remains found in July 2000 in a quarry at Shanvally, near Tuam, Co. Galway, were reported in February 2001 to the NMI. Due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease it was not possible to visit the site until June 2001. At that stage no evidence of the burial site was visible. A report from An Garda Síochána, Tuam, stated that a human skull had been noticed at the base of the quarry. The site was subsequently investigated by Gardaí who collected the bone and sent it to the Dept. of Anatomy at NUIG. A further inspection of the site did not reveal any archaeological evidence. The quarry owner reported that he had not encountered any other human remains in the quarry. A report on the skull identified it as that of a male in the 40-50 year range (pers. comm. M. Cahill and M. Sikora, NMI).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.