Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Castle Ffrench, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castle Ffrench
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Belloo Burial Ground (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 53.45899, -8.37132
- SMR number
- GA047-017002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On the inner bank, in SE sector of a large enclosure (GA047-017001-). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a partially enclosed triangular graveyard (c. 35m by c. 15m). On 3rd ed. (1932), it is shown as an unenclosed oval area (c. 35m by c. 25m) delimited by a broken line within which is a hachured hollow. Though the latter, a quarry pit, is still visible, no surface trace of a boundary survives. Only two grave-markers are visible, one commemorating 'Hamilton ffrench', dated 1771. Beside the latter, and inserted into the enclosure bank, is a partially visible burial vault roofed with red brick.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.