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Barrow - mound barrow

Somerset, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - mound barrow, Somerset, 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
Somerset
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.24532, -8.22601
SMR number
GA100-154----

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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

On an esker ridge in undulating pastureland. This circular barrow (diam. 23.5m), in fair condition, is defined by a raised flat-topped mound (diam. 3.2m; base diam. 14.45m; H c. 2m) surrounded by a berm (Wth 1.9-2m). It has been partially quarried out at N.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 16 August 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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