Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Eochaill (bar. árainn), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eochaill (bar. árainn)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.13181, -9.68511
- SMR number
- GA111-002011-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
One of three buildings (see also GA111-002009- and GA111-002010-) visible to N, SE and S of Teampall Chiaráin (GA111-002001-). This example, to S, is a rectangular building (N-S: L 8.5m, Wth 4.5m) with possible gap in W wall; its S wall is formed by a cliff face. (Westropp 1895, 262)
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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 1 February 2016
References
Westropp, T.J. 1895 Proceedings: Aran Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 25, 250-74.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Sundialunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed pillarunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.