Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Gatehouse
Ross (clare By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ross (clare By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Gateway (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47741, -9.13174
- SMR number
- GA041-047001-
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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
Some 218m S of Ross Errilly Friary (GA041-047----), on the line of a causeway (see GA041-047003-). Named 'Gateway (in ruins)' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map and depicted c. 80m to the N of its actual location. All that survives is a section of a mortared stone wall (L >9m, Wth 1.15m, H c. 3m), aligned SE-NW, in which the outlines of a number of blocked opes are visible. A modern wall abuts it at SE end. According to Fahey (1901, 335-6), this gateway was on the line of 'the enclosing wall and ditch which surrounded the … monastery' (see GA041-047004-).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 26 July 2018
References
Fahey, J. 1901c Proceedings: Galway excursion. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 31, 305-40.
Nearby in the register
- Causewayunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.