Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Lios An Gharráin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lios An Gharráin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29684, -9.15767
- SMR number
- GA081-033----
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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 an area of outcropping rock in flat pastureland. A report of a possible archaeological monument proved on inspection to an old field boundary (L c. 7m; H 0.6m) consisting of nine granite boulders running in a N-S direction (Connolly 1995).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 23 October 2017
References
Connolly, A. 1995 Archaeological report on a stone feature at Lissagurraun townland, Moycullen, Co. Galway. Archaeological Services Unit, UCG. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
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