Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Callownamuck, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Callownamuck
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.41157, -9.17081
- SMR number
- GA055-026001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In an area of recently drained scrubland. Indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small unenclosed rectangular graveyard (L c. 45m, Wth c. 35m). A number of plain headstones, in no apparent alignment, are visible. A stepped path leads from N end of graveyard to an adjoining holy well (GA055-026002-).
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.