Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cloonlyon, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonlyon
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53302, -8.38342
- SMR number
- GA032-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In poorly drained grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1931) as an oval hollow (c. 50m by c. 30m) delimited along SW side by a stream. What is visible is a low wide earthen bank (Wth 2m, H 0.5m) curving from NNW to E with traces of a shallow internal fosse.
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
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.