Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Ceathrú An Lisín, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceathrú An Lisín
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.07033, -9.58677
- SMR number
- GA119-094----
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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
Close to rocky seashore on SE side of Inis Meáin. Marked as 'grave' by Robinson (1980), it consists of a rectangular area (L 2.75, Wth 0.9m), aligned NW-SE, defined by stones set on edge. Reputed to be the burial place of a man washed ashore (info. T. Robinson and R Walsh). Not visited.
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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Distilleryunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.