Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Eochaill (bar. árainn), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eochaill (bar. árainn)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12947, -9.70177
- SMR number
- GA110-092----
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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 top of a limestone bluff c. N260m NW of Dún Eochla (GA110-138----). A horseshoe-shaped grassed-over mound of earth and stone (NE-SW c. 15.6m, NW-SE 11.8m, H 0.9m) opening towards SE. Close by to SW are traces of a D-shaped enclosure (L 9m, Wth 7.8m) defined by a low bank (H 0.3m, Wth 2m).
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.