Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castlepark, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlepark
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15895, -8.71963
- SMR number
- GA114-054002-
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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
In flat open pastureland. Aerial reconnaissance in July 1970 (CUCAP BDN 50; see https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com/location/bdn050/ last accessed 11/06/2019) brought to light this large rectangular enclosure (c. 85m NE-SW; 75m NW-SE), which extends off the N side of the bawn (GA114-054001-) associated with ‘Isert Kelly Castle’ (GA114-054----). The enclosure is defined by a barely perceptible inner bank (base Wth 7.24; int. H 0.44m; ext. H 0.16m), fosse (Wth 4.23m) and outer bank (base Wth 5.29m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.12m). The outer bank is only clearly visible along the N side. A curving bank visible in the NW corner of the interior may mark an internal division. The bank along the W side continues further NW for a distance of c. 267m while that on the E side extends c. 135m to the NE. These banks may be part of an associated field. A possible cross bank visible on the aerial photograph suggests that this field was further subdivided.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 11 June 2019
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.