Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Newcastle (aughrim Par.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle (aughrim Par.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29948, -8.38980
- SMR number
- GA086-204----
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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 pastureland. A list of 'Monumental stones between Aughrim and Killagh' was forwarded to the National Museum of Ireland in 1937 by Mr. J.R. Wade (NMI Topgr. Files). Most proved to be erratics and of no archaeological significance. Included on the list, numbered 79, was a 'Cist found and destroyed in 1933 or 1934.' On inspection in 1985 a low mound (3m N-S; 2.2m E-W; H 0.2m) was visible. According to local information, one body, accompanied by candlesticks, was buried here below a large slab. It was believed that the body might be that of a priest, who was re-interred in Kilconnell Abbey (GA086-001----).
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.