Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Couravoughil, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Couravoughil
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49725, -9.97897
- SMR number
- GA036-006----
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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
Situated on N side of Owenglin river valley. The remains are almost completely buried in bog. It consists of a chamber (L 2.4m, Wth 1m) aligned NW-SE. Two transversely set jambs flanking a low sillstone probably indicate a continuance of the gallery to NW. A displaced roofstone rests on the backstone at SE. The remains probably represent the rear chamber of a court-tomb. The location of this monument is incorrectly marked on the RMP map (1997).
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).
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 9 February 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.