Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Abbeyland Great, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyland Great
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.20821, -8.10491
- SMR number
- GA108-008----
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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
In a level marshy field adjacent to a stream. This circular earthwork (diam. 14.5m) is delimited by a low
bank and external fosse. The interior is slightly dished in profile which suggests that it may be a ring-barrow.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 16 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Windmillunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.