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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Eskerboy, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Eskerboy, 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
Eskerboy
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.21019, -8.31049
SMR number
GA107-069001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

On a N-facing slope overlooking a stream. This circular enclosure (D 102m), in fair condition, is defined by an earthen bank and external fosse. The bank (Wth across top 2.7m; Wth base Wth 8.7m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.3m) is visible from SW through N to SE; elsewhere a scarp, overlain by a field bank, forms the enclosing element. The fosse (Wth 3m; D 1m) is best preserved from SSW to NNW; from NNW to SE its line is indicted by a band of dense nettle growth. There is an entrance causeway (Wth 7m) at W. Centrally placed within the interior is a children's burial ground (GA107-069002-), to the N of which are a series of rectangular subdivisions defined by earthen banks. The size of the monument, when coupled with the presence of the children's burial ground, suggests that it is ecclesiastical in character.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 14 February 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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