Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Carheenshowagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carheenshowagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44731, -8.89562
- SMR number
- GA057-177----
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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 rough pastureland. A possible ring-barrow, roughly circular in plan (max. diam. c. 15m) is most clearly visible on Google Earth aerial imagery dated March 2019. Identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère.
The following image has been uploaded: GA015-177----_01.jpg Google Earth image (12 March 2019)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 4 July 2022
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.