Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Garreer, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garreer
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52165, -8.27789
- SMR number
- GA033-030----
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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
Adjacent to W bank of the River Suck in level grassland. A poorly preserved roughly D-shaped enclosure (N-S 119m, E-W 29m) defined by an earthen bank. It is locally believed to have been the site of a battle between the warring tribes of Galway and Roscommon. The dead were reputedly buried here. No visible surface trace of the burials survives.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.