Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockbrack (kilconnell By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbrack (kilconnell By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.30005, -8.49576
- SMR number
- GA086-178002-
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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
In marshy ground on N bank of a small stream; the monument is overlooked by a partially quarried esker ridge to S. A well-preserved rectangular enclosure (E-W 31m, N-S 28m) defined by an earthen bank and external fosse. Possible entrance at S. From S to SW, the bank is overlain by a modern field boundary, and here the fosse has been disturbed by the widening of a stream. There is a church (GA086-178001-) in the interior.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Maltingsunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.