Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
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
- 53.08240, -9.58475
- SMR number
- GA119-131----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
This cairn came to light during the course of fieldwork on the AranLIFE Farming Project (2014-2018) (see www.aranlife.ie). It is located close to the highest point of the island, at the edge of its central plateau and within a network of small rectangular fields. It commands panoramic views in all directions. The subrectangular cairn (22.5m N-S; c. 15m E-W) is bounded by a later field wall (H 1.6-2.2m; Wth 0.4m); a ruined farm building abuts it at SSE. It is composed of loose boulders and is densely overgrown. It is known locally as a ‘fort’ and the enclosing wall bears a superficial resemblance to a conserved cashel wall.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 11 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.