Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Lehinch (tiaquin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lehinch (tiaquin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.55436, -8.55358
- SMR number
- GA031-052----
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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 a low hummock in flat marshy land known locally as 'Lehinch Lake'; a partially drained turlough. A low circular earthen platform (D 15.9m, H 1.6m) in fair condition. Two trees are growing at S edge of its flat summit (D 8m). According to local tradition, there was a stone-built 'look-out tower' with 'windows' here. No visible surface trace of it survives but it was probably synonymous with the tiny open circle shown on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map, on W part of the mound. There is an entrance to a natural limestone cave nearby. Possibly a small lake dwelling or a landscape feature; the 'tower' could have been a folly.
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
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.