Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Blacksticks, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blacksticks
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23356, -8.11478
- SMR number
- GA100-182----
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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 low-lying marshy grassland. This roughly subcircular ring-barrow (18m E-W; 16.8m N-S) is defined by a low, grassed-over circular mound (diam. 8m; max. H 0.4m at E; D 0.2-0.4m) surrounded a shollow fosse (max. Wth 5.3m at W; D 0.1-0.4m). There is no trace of an entrance gap. A field drain (Wth 0.9m; D 0.1-0.15m) cuts the monument from NE to SW. This monument was brought to our attention by Dr C. Cunniffe.
The following image has been uploaded: GA100-182-_02.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 17 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.