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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Lecarrow (Pallas ED), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Lecarrow, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lecarrow (Pallas ED)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.15552, -8.34997
SMR number
GA117-064002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

On a rise in undulating pastureland. Marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (1917) as a roughly oval enclosure (c. 120m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE). All that survives is a length of stony bank (L c. 35m) at E and a curving scarp (L c. 30m) at W. A church (GA117-064004-), children’s burial ground (GA117-064003-) and two holy trees/wells (GA117-064001- and GA117-064005-) are associated. These remains, when coupled with the name of the adjacent townland to the E (Kilmurry), are indicative of a possible early Christian monastic settlement.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 6 October 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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