Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Mountain West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountain West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisroughan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisroughan
- Coordinates
- 53.27879, -8.86440
- SMR number
- GA095-087----
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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 a rise in low-lying pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 36-7) as a 'henge' monument, this low penannular ring-barrow (overall diam. 24.5m) is defined by a slightly raised area (diam. 14.3m) encircled by a traces of a fosse and an external earthen bank. An entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at E is marked by two limestone slabs. McCaffrey (ibid.) noted that a pit had been dug at the centre of the interior and that the upcast had been spread on the surface to its S. A children's burial ground (GA095-087----) is associated. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 395)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 August 2019
References
Killanin, M.M. and Duignan, M.V. 1967 (2nd ed.) The Shell guide to Ireland. London. The Ebury Press.
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.