Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fortification
Inis Ní, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Ní
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41489, -9.90896
- SMR number
- GA050-015----
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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 Colt Island, a small island between NW tip of Inis Ní and the mainland. This island is also known locally as Oileán an Fort and according to local tradition a 'fort' once stood here guarding the narrow crossing-point. Destroyed during construction of bridge and causeway in 19th C. It may have been just a bailiff's hut (pers. comm. T. Robinson). No visible surface trace survives.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.