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Building

Cill Mhuirbhigh, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Building, Cill Mhuirbhigh, 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
Cill Mhuirbhigh
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Temple (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.12862, -9.76006
SMR number
GA110-043----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

At the foot of a scarp c. 270m SSW of Teampull Mac Duach (GA110-044001-). A rectangular structure (NE-SW; L 6.4m, Wth 2.9m), the SW and W sides of which are formed by the natural face of the scarp while NE and SE sides are defined by the foundations of drystone walls. No architectural features survive. A small rectilinear enclosure (c. 11m by >7.5m) defined by a low grassy bank adjoins it on SE. Doubtful if it is a church, despite the name. (Barry 1886, 491; Robinson 1980)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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