Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - stepped barrow
Derrymaclaughna, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrymaclaughna
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.38606, -8.83255
- SMR number
- GA070-064----
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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 a slight hollow in flat pastureland. A well-preserved circular earthen mound (D 13.8m, H 1.9m) with a flat-topped summit and stepped profile. It has been partially dug into at NNE.
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
The following image has been uploaded: GA070-064----_01.jpg
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.