Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Cill Mhuirbhigh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Mhuirbhigh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12573, -9.76646
- SMR number
- GA110-039035-
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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
This large circular pit (diam. 0.8m, D 0.11m) was uncovered just outside the NW corner of Structure 9.1 (GA110-039034-). It was filled with clay silt, small stones and gravel and contained minute traces of organic refuse, including some traces of burnt animal bone. It may have been associated with the house (Cotter 2012, vol. 1, 256-7; vol. 2 274).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 23 June 2020
References
Cotter, C. 2012 The western stone forts project. Excavations at Dún Aonghasa and Dún Eoghanachta. 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.