Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Caherlissakill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherlissakill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.38371, -8.72382
- SMR number
- GA071-013----
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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 undulating grassland. Poorly preserved grassed-over subcircular platform (N-S c. 45m, H 0.7m) defined by a scarp save from NW to N where it has been quarried out. Slight traces of an external fosse are evident from WSW to W. Possible stone-facing is visible on the scarp from SE to S and from WSW to W. The interior slopes to S and is extremely uneven with much stone protruding. There is an oval hollow (WSW-ENE 22m, N-S 11m) in S half enclosed by a low bank. Possibly a partially levelled ringfort, but the remains also resemble those of a low revetted mound.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.