Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Callow (kilconnell By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Callow (kilconnell By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Killaghaunnapasty
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killaghaunnapasty
- Coordinates
- 53.35758, -8.41734
- SMR number
- GA073-026001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a natural rise in gently rolling farmland, S of Callow Lough. This CBG consists of apoorly preserved rectangular area (L 18m, Wth 14m) slightly raised above field level. Traces of a low enclosing wall are visible at N and E. The interior is occupied by large and small limestone boulders aligned in rows indicating graves oriented N-S. The 1st ed. OS 6-inch map suggests the area was once surrounded by an enclosure (D c. 20m), no visible surface trace of which survives.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.