Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Ardagh (ballynahinch By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardagh (ballynahinch By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46811, -10.01267
- SMR number
- GA035-001----
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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 W side of a glacial ridge close to the inner reaches of Ardbear Bay. Consists of a small chamber (L 1.75m, Wth 1.2m), aligned NW-SE, incorporated in an oblong mound (10m by 7m). The chamber, which is open to NW and narrows towards the rear, is covered by a single large roofstone. The chamber and immediate area to NW have been dug out. Although the monument cannot be classified with certainty, interpretation as a wedge-tomb would not be inconsistent with the present evidence.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.