Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Bun Na Habhann, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bun Na Habhann
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39560, -9.77512
- SMR number
- GA051-001----
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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 small island in An Abhainn Ghabhla Mór c. 150m E of a road bridge. According to local tradition there are 'Famine Graves' on this island (Robinson 1985, 18). Not visited.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.