Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Anomalous stone group
Glenrevagh (Clare By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenrevagh (Clare By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42112, -8.99574
- SMR number
- GA056-069----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
At N end of a low hillock in undulating grassland. It consists of a poorly preserved and partially overgrown subcircular cairn (E-W 14.5m, N-S 12m, H 0.75m). At the centre, two large set stones are visible at right angles to each other (E-W 0.85m, N-S 0.65m), possibly indicating a cist. (Topgr. Files, OSI)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.