Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Ballynacreg South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacreg South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cnocán an Bhraga
- Coordinates
- 53.43296, -8.86899
- SMR number
- GA057-047----
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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
Just above the flood plain to S of the Clare River. This monument consists of a large grass-covered oval cairn (NE-SW 34m, NW-SE 21m, H 8m) with very steep sides and a level area on top. Quarrying at NE reveals a matrix of large and small boulders and gravel, suggesting that it may be partly natural.
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
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.