Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Moylough, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moylough
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48977, -8.58007
- SMR number
- GA045-029002-
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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 near W limits of Moylough village. Very poorly preserved subrectangular earthwork (NE-SW 30.5m, NW-SW 15m) defined by a scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank, best preserved along NW and NE sides. No visible surface trace survives at SW and only the inner scarp survives along SE side. Within the interior are the remains of Moylough Castle (GA045-029001-). Claffey (1983, 57) suggests that both the castle and surrounding earthwork are contemporary. Some 30m to N and E are a series of rectangular earthworks enclosed by earthen banks; probably associated.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.