Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Garraun (coyle), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garraun (coyle)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48196, -8.74980
- SMR number
- GA044-058----
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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 grassland. An extensive series of field banks, extending over an area c. 450m NW-SE by c. 300m NE-SW, were brought to light during aerial reconnaissance in July 1970 (CUCAP BDT 84). Though they do not form any coherent pattern, a number of small irregular and curvilinear fields with cultivation ridges were visible. A number of rectangular structures, possibly house sites, were also noted. Three ringforts (GA044-053----, GA044-054----and GA044-058001-) are associated. No visible surface trace survives as the area has since been reclaimed. This field system may originally have extended into the adjoining td., see GA044-056----.
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: 25 October 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.