Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - burial cairn
Lodge, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lodge
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.47427, -9.08595
- SMR number
- GA042-186----
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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
On a slight ridge running NW-SE. Before its destruction for road material in 1936, it consisted of a large circular cairn (D c. 40m, H c. 7m). A rectangular cist (L 1.9m, Wth 1.12m, H 0.5m) was discovered 'in the centre at the base of the cairn' (Hynes 1937, 144-6). It was roofed by a single capstone and floored by another slab. It contained the greatly disturbed bones of three individuals. No visible surface trace survives. An earthwork (GA042-187----) lay 30m to SE. (Waddell 1975, 19; 1990, 94)
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
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.