Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
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
- 53.29634, -9.81579
- SMR number
- GA077-039----
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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 the NW shoreline of Fínis, on a small headland, overlooking beaches to the NE and SW. A ruined congested districts board house lies c. 20m to the SE. This rectangular sunken building (4.2m N-S; 2.7m E-W), which was brought to our attention by Erin Gibbons in April 2014, is constructed of granite boulders. A gap (Wth 0.7m) at the N end of the E wall marks the doorway. Double-walling (Wth 0.6m) is evident along the E wall but only the inner face of the other walls, which are up to 1m below the surrounding ground level, is visible. The date and function of this building are unknown. It may be associated with the derelict house.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 30 April 2014
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.