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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Lismanny, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Lismanny, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lismanny
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Caldragh Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Caldragh Fort
Coordinates
53.26497, -8.17878
SMR number
GA100-126001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In an area of undulating pastureland. This oval enclosure (98m N-S; 85m E-W), which encompasses a hummock, is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8.8m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.25m) from S to SW; elsewhere a scarp (H 0.8-1.5m) forms the enclosing element. The latter is partially denuded from E to S where it planted with walnut trees. A gap at N (Wth 5.3m) may be original. The interior rises towards the centre. A narrow NE-SW running drain cuts across it from ESE to S. There is a children's burial ground (GA100-126002-) in the W half. It is surrounded by mature trees. The large size of the enclosure and presence of the children's burial ground suggest it may be an early ecclesiastical enclosure.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Updated by: Olive Alcock

Date of revised upload: 27 March 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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