Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ardranny Beg, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardranny Beg
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.26216, -8.28898
- SMR number
- GA099-005----
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
On a rise in low-lying farmland. Named 'Fort' on OS Fair Plan and marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1947) as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). What is visible is a subcircular grassy earthen mound (N-S 25.1m, H 3.65m max.) in fair condition, apart from N section which is being severely eroded by animals. According to local tradition, this was a place of burial; possibly a tumulus.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.