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Burial

Inishlackan, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial, Inishlackan, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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