Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Inishlackan, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishlackan
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.37522, -9.92285
- SMR number
- GA063-004002-
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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
Associated with a coastal midden (GA063-004001-) in the sand dunes at the NE end of Inishlackan. According to local information, a number of burials were noted on the W edge of the midden in the mid-1970s. On inspection in September 1984 no visible surface traces of them were found (SMR file). Following a report of exposed human bone in June 2021, the island was revisited. Dispersed bones were found on the ground surface among a scatter of stones (L 1m x Wth 0.8m), a little inland from the SE end of the midden. One distinctive stone (L 0.11m; Wth 0.25m; T 0.14m) at the E end had the appearance of a possible headstone. The bones were removed for analysis. (Gosling 1993, 143)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 11 March 2022
References
Gosling, P. (compiler) 1993 Archaeological inventory of County Galway, vol. 1: West Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.