Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Killogilleen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killogilleen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.19034, -8.70073
- SMR number
- GA104-149----
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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
In level grassland immediately to the NE of a stream. When visited in October 1980 this rectangular moated site (55m N-S; 35m E-W) was defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 1m; max. H 0.5m) was low and narrow and best preserved on the N, W and S sides. The water-logged fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 1.5m) survived all round but was shallower on the E side. A modern drain running E-W ran through its S side (SMR file). The outer bank was low and faint and was best preserved on the N and W sides (SMR file). A series of causeways across a fosse to the NW of the monument suggested an additional defensive work. During 1981-2 the moat and associated causewayed feature were filled in during land reclamation. What survives is a raised rectangular area defined by a slight bank (Wth at top 0.65m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m). (McCaffrey 1952, 232, no. 81)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 December 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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