Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Tawnaghbaun (ballynahinch By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnaghbaun (ballynahinch By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.40467, -9.84341
- SMR number
- GA050-025----
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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 a low, exposed headland on W side of Cashel Bay. The monument consists of a rectangular chamber (L c. 1.7m, Wth c. 0.6m, H 0.3m), aligned E-W, the N wall of which is composed of a natural rock shelf. The chamber is open at both ends and is roofed by a single capstone, partly cracked. Possibly a cist (Gibbons and Higgins 1988d, 64) but the remains are insufficient to allow for a definite classification. (Robinson 1985, 13)
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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial2 mi
- Enclosure2 mi
- House - indeterminate date2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.