Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Carnaun (athenry By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnaun (athenry By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.32808, -8.78939
- SMR number
- GA084-043001-
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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
Within a field system (GA084-043002-). Very poorly preserved D-shaped enclosure (48.5m E-W; 45m N-S) defined by a very wide collapsed drystone wall (Wth 6-8m; H 0.4-0.6m). A similar enclosure (GA084-043003-) lies c. 30m to SW. (Cody 1989, 298-9, no. 122)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 21 November 2016
References
Cody, E. 1989 An archaeological survey of the barony of Athenry, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.