Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Ower (clare By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ower (clare By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46799, -9.14232
- SMR number
- GA041-051----
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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 undulating farmland, 170m E of Kildaree Church (GA041-045----). Described by Wilde (1872, 125) as 'the remains of a cromleagh, termed — as such structures usually are, Leabha-Dearmid-agus-Grania — … it top stone is 9 1/2 feet [2.9m] long'. What survives are two massive stones incorporated into a shed. One stone stands upright (L 2.3m, H 2.2m) and is aligned NE-SW, while the second (L 2.3m, H 2.2m) rests against its NE end (Topgr. Files, OSI). Not visited.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.