Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Galboley, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Galboley
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.25580, -8.56328
- SMR number
- GA097-104001-
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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 low-lying marshy grassland. This raised rectangular platform (53m E-W; 50m N-S; H 1-2m) is delimited by the remains of a grass-covered wall (Wth 1m; int. H 0.5-0.7m) running around its perimeter. A NW-SE running field boundary cuts across its SW corner. A fosse (Wth 2m) is evident along the S, W and N sides of the platform; on the S side it survives as a slight depression (Cody 1989, 367-9). Beyond this an outer bank is visible along the W and N sides. There is a causeway across the fosse midway along N side but there is no corresponding gap in the platform. The interior is level and there is a possible castle (GA097-104---) in the W half, to the S of which a series of grassed-over stony banks may indicate internal divisions. Another building (GA097-104002-) is visible c. 10m to the E of the castle. This monument may be the remains of a moated site that was reused as a bawn when the castle was built.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 December 2019
References
Cody, E. 1989 An archaeological survey of the barony of Athenry, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Stone sculpture - aniconic (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.