Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Cloonigny, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonigny
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.35514, -8.35463
- SMR number
- GA074-027001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Surrounding the remains of Cloonigny Castle (GA074-027002-). A Nat. Mon., this well-preserved moated site (N-S 65m, E-W 63m) is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is best preserved from W to N. Quarrying has disturbed the enclosing elements from S to W and from N to NNE. Abutting the monument at SW is a mound defined by a scarp and external fosse, and a ditch runs NNE-SSW immediately outside W side. A modern drain encircles the monument from W through N to E. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 533-4)
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 monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 563.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.