Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Fínis, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fínis
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29240, -9.81977
- SMR number
- GA077-010----
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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 flat stretch of sand 200m E of the shore line at S end of island. Poorly preserved rectangular area (L 6m, Wth 3.6m) defined by drystone walling, with a doorway in N wall. Traces of plaster survive on the inner face of S wall. A series of stone walls and earthen banks extend to W and N of the house. A similar house (GA077-011----) lies c. 150m to N. (Robinson 1985, 49-50)
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
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.