Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Tooraskeheen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooraskeheen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49698, -9.97732
- SMR number
- GA036-019----
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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
100m E of a megalithic tomb (GA036-006----). A semicircular arc (N-S c. 29m) extending from N through E to SE has been exposed as a result of turf-cutting. It is defined by a low drystone wall surviving only as a foundation. This appears to be a pre-bog enclosure, the bulk of which is still covered by peat. A setting of stones in NW part of the interior, just E of the cutting face, could represent the remains of a hut.
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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field system1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.