Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Cill Mhuirbhigh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Mhuirbhigh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cyclopean Wall
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cyclopean Wall (Track of)
- Coordinates
- 53.12997, -9.75665
- SMR number
- GA110-073002-
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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
On level ground to SW of Port Mhuirbhigh and 180m SE of Teampall Mac Duagh (GA110-044001-). Poorly preserved early ecclesiastical enclosure (NW-SE c. 73m) defined from NNW through N to S by a low collapsed stone wall. Traces of an outer revetment occur at E. From S to SW, a natural limestone scarp appears to define and overlook the interior (but see also GA110-044002-). No visible surface traces of this enclosure survive elsewhere. Traces of internal subdivisions occur at E. Near the centre stands Teampall na Naomh (GA110-073001-). (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 383-4; 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
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.
Robinson, T. 1980 The Aran Islands, Co. Galway: a map and guide. Árainn. Published by the author.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.