Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Carra (Loughrea By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carra (Loughrea By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26422, -8.49543
- SMR number
- GA098-056002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
To the W and S of a possible enclosure (GA098-056001-). A series of poorly preserved low earthen banks cover an area of c. 100m by c. 60m. Three rectangular fields (L c. 30m; Wth c. 20m) and traces of a possible roadway were visible.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 22 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.