Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Ceathrú An Teampaill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceathrú An Teampaill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08504, -9.59504
- SMR number
- GA119-046----
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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
At the base of a high limestone scarp NW of Baile an Dúna, Inis Meáin. Consists of two contiguous oval-shaped mounds of earth and stone (each E-W 12.5m, N-S 5.8m, H 1.1m). Possible traces of a stone revetment exist between the mounds at W (Robinson 1980). This may be the 'Ointigh with kitchen-midden [see GA119-121----] attached' referred to by Kinahan (1869d, 29) as lying to N of Dún Chonchúir (GA119-054----).
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
References
Kinahan, G.H. 1869d Notes on some of the ancient villages in the Aran Isles, County of Galway. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 10, 25-30.
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.