Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Palmerstown, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Palmerstown
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28359, -8.84098
- SMR number
- GA083-061----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Named 'Carraun' on the OS 6-inch 1st ed. map and shown, but not named on the 1912-16 edition of the 1:2500 plan. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 117, no. 26b) as a circular 'Enclosure' (diam. c. 23m) defined by a 'ring of large slabs'. There is no visible surface trace.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 2 March 2015
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.