Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Cill Mhuirbhigh, County Galway, Ireland
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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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
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
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