Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Creeraun, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creeraun
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.37413, -8.55454
- SMR number
- GA072-028----
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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 flat low-lying wet pastureland to S of a stream. A level rectangular area (N-S 48.5m, E-W 34.5m), in fair condition, enclosed by an earthen bank and shallow external fosse. Traces of an outer bank survive at NW, NNE, and along E side. There is a small bastion-like feature in NW corner. Trace of a possible leat run from NW corner to the adjacent stream.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Boundary mound1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.