Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Maínis, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maínis
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.29891, -9.84880
- SMR number
- GA076-014----
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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 grass-covered dunes on SW side of the island. Kinown locally as Cnocán na hUlta (pers. comm. T. Robinson), it is indicated on 1st and 2nd eds of OS 6-inch map as a rectangular graveyard (60m by 38m). Both modern and stone-lined graves are visible in the interior. A modern extension has been added at S and SW. (Robinson 1985, 26)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.