Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Keamsellagh West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keamsellagh West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.17777, -8.86071
- SMR number
- GA103-125002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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 reclaimed pastureland. Recorded by McCaffrey (1952, 195, no. 68b) who classified it as a rectangular 'Stone fort (?)' with overall dimensions of '108' [32.9m] x 120' [36.6m]. It was located between another enclosure (GA103-125001-) to the E and a settlement cluster (GA103-125003-) to the W. The area has been reclaimed and no visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 March 2019
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.