Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Moorfield Or Gortnamona, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moorfield Or Gortnamona
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.18217, -8.20179
- SMR number
- GA108-202----
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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 level grassland c. 50m to the E of a drain. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a large
irregular enclosure (c. 90m NNW-SSE; c. 73m ENE-WSW) embanked from ENE to W to NNE and defined by a fosse/scarp from NNE to ENE. A field boundary cut across it from roughly W to ENE and a pathway lead from its SW corner to a farmhouse to the ESE. On the 1944-5 revision of the map only the section of the monument to the S of the field boundary is shown and it is indicated by a line of hachures indicating the S end of a rectangular enclosure. On inspection in September 1984 the remains consisted of a very large roughly rectangular earthwork (83m N-S; 72m E-W) divided by the ENE-WSW running field boundary. To the S of the field boundary the monument was delimited by a very low bank (Wth c. 3m; H c. 0.05m), the edges of which were very indistinct. The S side was 35m to the S of the field boundary. To the N of the field boundary a raised rectangular area (48m N-S; 41m E-W) was defined by a scarp (H 1.1m). About 35m to its E a faint rise or bank was visible. Current OSi aerial imagery suggest that the monument has since been levelled but faint traces of its outline are visible to the N of the field boundary.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.