Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Atlantic Ocean, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Atlantic Ocean
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48161, -10.04650
- SMR number
- GA035-079001-
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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
Located at the junction of Ardbear Bay and Clifden Bay, to the E of a small islet, named ‘Islandagar’ on the OS 6-inch maps. This roughly square structure (6m x 6m) was found by Michael Gibbons, archaeologist, and Shane Joyce, Clifden. It is defined by a single course of well-laid stones; traces of a possible flagged floor were visible within its interior. The structure is only exposed at low spring tides. A curving stone wall (GA035-079002-) was also noted, c. 90m to the NW. Both structures may be associated with a drowned prehistoric landscape (pers. comm. M. Gibbons 14 July 2020).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 9 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.