Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Cloonlusk, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonlusk
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cloonlusk Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloonlusk Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.46785, -8.78984
- SMR number
- GA044-037001-
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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 flat farmland overlooking bogland to N and E. A large circular enclosure (D 76.5m), in fair condition, defined by an earthen bank and external fosse, best preserved from ESE through W to NNE: only a slight scarp is visible elsewhere. There are gaps in the bank at WSW, NW and SE, all presently used as a means of access for farm machinery. These is a CBG (GA044-037002-) in the interior.
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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.