Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Lakyle, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lakyle
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.18574, -8.70884
- SMR number
- GA104-163----
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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 an esker ridge overlooking lower land to the S. This circular ring-barrow (diam. 19m), in fair condition,
consists of a central mound (diam. 8.8m; H 0.65-0.9m) surrounded by a fosse and external bank. McCaffrey (1952, 27, no. 84) noted one stone slab set on edge near the centre of the monument and another possible one nearby; no visible surface trace of these survive.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.