Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Lisheenkyle West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisheenkyle West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisheenkyle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisheenkyle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.29164, -8.84984
- SMR number
- GA083-049001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Associated with an earthwork (GA083-049002-). Named as 'Lisheenkyle' on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map, but by the time of 2nd ed. (1896), the words 'Site of' have been added. No visible surface trace survives. The present landowner, who has reclaimed the surrounding fields, was advised by the previous owner to leave this field untouched because of the tradition of burial there.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.