Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Portacarron, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portacarron
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.43346, -9.28388
- SMR number
- GA054-061001-
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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
Close to W shore of Lough Corrib. A large oval enclosure (E-W 94.6m; N-S 65.2m) defined by an earth and stone bank, best preserved at S (Wth 2m; H 0.7m) but disturbed elsewhere by farm buildings and modern walls. A small D-shaped enclosure (20.5m by 11.2m), in S half of interior, contains a church (GA054-061003-). No visible trace survives of the bullaun mentioned by Kinahan (1868a, 77) as lying to S of it, or of the 'Mound (Site of)' shown on OS 6-inch map to NW. (Killanin 1947, 124)
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.