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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Killure Beg, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Killure Beg, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killure Beg
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.36690, -8.29954
SMR number
GA074-069003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying pastureland. This possible ecclesiastical enclosure is clearly visible on aerial photographs (see https://binged.it/2gnEqYe last accessed 30 August 2017). It is roughly subcircular in plan (c. 99m NNE-SSW; c. 92m E-W) and a N-S running field boundary cuts through its E limits. When the associated church (GA074-069001-) and children's burial ground (GA074-069002-) within its interior were inspected in March 1985, only tentatives traces of it were noted. A very poorly preserved earthen bank was noted c. 46m to the N of the church. It was very degraded and reached a maximum height of 0.2m. It was not possible to determine its width as its limits were impossible to determine accurately from the ground. On the aerial photograph the entire outline of the enclosure is visible.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 30 August 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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