Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
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
- 53.09462, -9.65986
- SMR number
- GA119-015----
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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 a small modern pasture field c. lkm S of Cill Éinne, Inis Mór, are the remains of two clochans: (a - GA119-015----) a rectangular area (L 8.5m, Wth 5.3m) of limestone blocks and flags. One lintel and two sidestones survive at N, possibly the remains of a passage. Immediately to NW, (b - GA119-015001-) is an overgrown cairn (L 8.2m, Wth 7.6m) in which foundation lines are visible at W. (Robinson 1980)
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: 19 October 2017
This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.
Nearby in the register
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.