Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Ballynamannin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamannin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisheen
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisheen
- Coordinates
- 53.19811, -8.74044
- SMR number
- GA104-054----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a S-facing slope in pastureland. Named 'Lisheen' on the OS 6-inch maps, this roughly circular ring-barrow (diam. c. 20m; H 0.82m) comprises a central mound (diam. c. 4m) encircled by a fosse and external bank. A field wall overlies the bank from E through S to W. Gaps at N and S are modern. McCaffrey (1952, 25, no. 66; 1955, 222; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 190)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 August 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Killanin, M.M. and Duignan, M.V. 1967 (2nd ed.) The Shell guide to Ireland. London. The Ebury Press.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.