Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Liskelly, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liskelly
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.27909, -8.29986
- SMR number
- GA099-133----
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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 W-facing slope of a hill, 100m WNW of Liskelly House. Well-preserved almost circular platform (E-W 44.7m, SSE-NNW 44m) up to 2.75m in height at SW. Its perimeter is defined by faint intermittent traces of an earthen bank and by a ring of mature trees. No trace of an original entrance is visible. The grass-covered interior is generally flat save for some stone foundations in NE quadrant. An earthwork (GA099-136----) lies 50m to W.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.