Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Carheen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carheen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.18675, -8.71654
- SMR number
- GA104-087----
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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 rise in tillage. This circular ring-barrow (diam. 24m overall) is defined by an earthen bank, which is overlain by a modern field wall from NNE through E to SSW, and a central mound (diam. c. 6m). McCaffrey (1952, 221, no. 83a) noted the presence of an entrance at SW. He also noted ‘an internal bank and two ditches … in the interior’. None of the above features were visible at the time of the site visit. The interior is now used as a rubbish dump.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 February 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.