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Megalithic structure

Carrigeen East, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic structure, Carrigeen East, 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
Carrigeen East
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.21814, -8.76467
SMR number
GA104-092002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 the SE corner of a possible enclosure (GA104-092006-). This megalithic structure consists of two orthostatic limestone slabs (stone A: H 1.25m; L 2.04m; T 0.42m; stone B: H 1.08m; L 2.12m; T 0.5m) which may form the side-stones of a small rectangular chamber (L 1.85m; Wth 1m) aligned roughly E-W. A third slab (H 0.95m; L 0.95m; T 0.45m) forms the E end of the chamber which is open to the W. McCaffrey (1952, 10, 222, plate 3) recorded that the chamber was reputed to be the site of a 'priest's burial'. Possibly a wedge tomb?

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 29 January 2020

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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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

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

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