Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Ardgaineen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardgaineen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.40508, -8.94694
- SMR number
- GA057-018----
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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 roughly cleared ground in an area of limestone outcrop. An oval house (E-W; L 5.8m, Wth 4.9m) defined by a double drystone wall with a rubble core. According to local information, another similar house lay c. 150m to NE. It was destroyed c. 1979 during field clearance and numerous sherds of pottery were found within the interior. No visible surface trace survivies.
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
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