Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Ross (clare By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ross (clare By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47963, -9.13166
- SMR number
- GA041-047004-
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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
In low-lying pastureland in the immediate vicinity of Ross Errilly friary (GA041-047----). Aerial reconnaissance (CUCAP AYO 11; ASGAP 349:3-4) in 1969 and again in 1986 showed a pattern of roughly rectangular fields, defined by earthen banks, covering an area 280m NE-SW by 130m NW-SE. Traces of cultivation ridges were clearly visible within them. In 1969, a substantial bank and fosse were visible along its E and S limits but these had been partially removed by 1986. This may be part of 'the enclosing wall and ditch [of the monastery]' referred to by Cochrane (1901, 335-6), though its line runs well inside the position of the gatehouse (GA041-047001-).
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).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.