Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Ashbrook, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ashbrook
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burying Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground (Private)
- Coordinates
- 53.29045, -8.46116
- SMR number
- GA086-012001-
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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
On N end of a ridge within the former Ashbrook Demesne. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a widely spaced bivallate enclosure (GA086-012----). What survives is a poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 22.2m int., N-S 20.5m) defined by a bank overlain by a collapsed drystone wall. This wall encloses an overgrown 19th-C burial ground (GA086-012001-)labelled 'Burial Ground (Private)' on 3rd ed. (1947-8) of OS 6-inch map. Directly outside the bank is a berm (Wth c. 7m) defined along its outer edge by a scarp (H 1m max.). Beyond the scarp, from SE to SW, are traces of a possible fosse cutting across N end of the ridge. The monument has been disturbed by quarrying at N, and to a lesser extent at SSE and SSW.
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).
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Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.