Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Carrowmore (aughrim Ed ),cooltymurraghy (kilconnell By.),garrymore (aughrim Ed ), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowmore (aughrim Ed ),cooltymurraghy (kilconnell By.),garrymore (aughrim Ed )
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Carrowmore Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carrowmore Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.31233, -8.34726
- SMR number
- GA087-032----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating grassland. Poorly preserved roughly oval graveyard (N-S c. 70m, E-W c. 40m) enclosed from S through W to N by an earthen bank, and elsewhere by a mortared stone wall. The interior is overgrown and all the visible burials are post-1800 in date.
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
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