Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
Eochaill (bar. árainn), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eochaill (bar. árainn)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12715, -9.69881
- SMR number
- GA110-137001-
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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
At the foot of a bluff c. 90m E of Dún Eochla (GA110-138----). The remains comprise two clochans: (a, GA110-137----) a collapsed oval stone cairn (L 2.8m, Wth 2.3m) with traces of opposing doorways at E and W; (b, GA110-137001-) c. 15m to W is a second oval cairn (L 7.5m, Wth 5.3m), with internal wall facing visible at NE.
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: 12 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.