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Barrow - ring-barrow

Ballybackagh (Clare By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Ballybackagh, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballybackagh (Clare By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.33527, -8.80460
SMR number
GA084-138----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

In level pasture. This ring-barrow is defined by a roughly circular central mound (17m ESE-WNW; 15m NNE-SSW), which is surrounded by a well-preserved fosse (Wth 2.4-2.7m; D 0.7-0.8m) and a substantial bank (Wth 6.55-7.5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.7m) of earth and stone. A causewayed entrance (Wth 3.5m) cuts through bank and across fosse (Wth 6m) at ESE. A NNW-SSE running trackway (Wth 2.7m) truncates the edge of outer bank at W. A shallow circular depression (diam. c. 11m) is visible within the interior to the W.

The following images, courtesy of M. O'Leary, have been uploaded:
GA084-138----_01.jpg
GA084-138-----02.jpg

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 11 July 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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