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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Cill Mhuirbhigh, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, 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
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.13541, -9.72927
SMR number
GA110-053----

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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

In the area of Inis Mór called Fearann an Choirce, on a level limestone pavement overlooking seashore to N. The monument, in ruins, consists of a slightly wedge-shaped gallery, aligned E-W, represented by two opposed sidestones (L 3.5m, Wth 1.5m at W end narrowing to 1.2m at E). A single outer wall stone survives to S. A jamb-like stone stands within the gallery at W end and 0.6m further W are two façade stones incorporated in a field wall. A large slab lying N of the gallery, and partly covered by the wall, may be a displaced roofstone. Slight traces of a mound are visible to N and S of the tomb. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 268; Westropp 1895, 266)

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.

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