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Clochan

Eoghanacht, County Galway, Ireland

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Townland
Eoghanacht
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.13956, -9.80087
SMR number
GA110-185----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 clochan came to light during the course of fieldwork on the AranLIFE Farming Project (2014-2018) (see www.aranlife.ie). It is located in a slight hollow on the plateau at the NW end of Inis Mór. The land rises to the S. The clochan is oval in plan (4.6m N-S; 3.5m E-W); an opening at SE (Wth 0.4m) may mark the original entrance. It occupies the NW corner of subrectangular field and its outer wall-face has been incorporated into a later field wall from W to N. Corbelled wall coursing survives at W to a height of 1.5m and the wall, including collapse, is up to 2m wide. Along the E side the corbelled roof has collapsed inwards. Another clochan (GA110-184----) lies c. 130m to the SSW.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 11 December 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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