Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Clogh South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clogh South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45418, -8.89399
- SMR number
- GA057-080----
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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 S-facing slope of a slight rise. A large subcircular enclosure (NE-SW 68m) defined by a grassed-over rubble line to which a good deal of recent field clearance has been added. Traces of the original revetment are visible at NW. The original entrance was probably at E where the enclosing wall curves sharply inwards. In SE quadrant, low foundations, rectangular in plan (NW-SE; L 20.4m, Wth 13.7m ext.), may be the remains of a house with an internal division. Immediately to S of the entrance, a rectangular annexe (NE-SW; L 15m, Wth 6.5m ext.) abuts the outer wall-face of the enclosure and both may be contemporary. Several low grassed-over stone walls indicate internal divisions.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.