Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Craughwell (longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Craughwell (longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20679, -8.20931
- SMR number
- GA108-048----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a S-facing slope in grassland, overlooking bogland. This poorly preserved circular enclosure (diam. 36m) is defined by a low narrow bank from SW through N to SE. There is a wide breach (Wth 10m) from SE to SW. Tentative indications of a fosse and outer bank are visible SW. The interior has been extensively quarried out. A beech tree is growing on the bank at E and a there are a number of large tree stumps of trees to its S. The cartographic evidence and the narrowness of the bank suggest that this may be a tree-ring enclosure. However, it is not associated with a large house or demesne.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 26 February 2019
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.