Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Cill Éinne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Éinne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12215, -9.66477
- SMR number
- GA111-015----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Close to seashore c. 300m E of Cill Rónáin, Inis Mór. Known locally as the graves of drowned Frenchmen who were washed ashore, and from whom the adjacent beach is named Trá na bhFrancach (Robinson 1980). It consists of a rectangular area (L 4.2, Wth 3.4m), aligned NW-SE, defined on NW and NE by a low concrete kerb and on SE by a modern field wall. The interior is scattered with loose stones.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.