Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lowville, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lowville
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.39071, -8.33833
- SMR number
- GA074-087----
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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
In undulating pastureland, c. 500m W of the Ahascragh River. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval enclosure. All that survives is an oval area (N-S 34m, E-W 30m) defined by a slight rise. A low bank runs roughly N-S through the interior. According to local tradition, this is the site of a 'fort'.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.