Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballydonnellan East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydonnellan East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.25295, -8.41514
- SMR number
- GA098-027----
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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 undulating pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small circular mound lying off-centre within an oval enclosure (c. 40m by c. 30m). All that survives is a steep-sided round-topped circular mound of earth and stone (D 16.5m, H 3.2m max.). A small depression at S side may be the result of disturbance. No visible surface trace of the larger encircling enclosure survives. Possibly a tumulus, but its relationship to and the character of the encircling enclosure is unclear.
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
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.