Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
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
- 53.12770, -9.72040
- SMR number
- GA110-066003-
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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 possible clochan lies in SW quadrant of Dún Beag (GA110-066----): it consists of a low mound (L 8.5m, Wth 5.5m) with a central depression. A possible conjoined clochan (see GA110-066001-, GA110-066002-) lies in NW quadrant.
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: 18 January 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.