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Megalithic tomb - court tomb

Couravoughil, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - court tomb, Couravoughil, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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