Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Anomalous stone group
Inis Oírr, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Oírr
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06165, -9.52942
- SMR number
- GA120-011----
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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
On an overgrown piece of rising ground, towards N end of the island. In the corner of a field known locally as Garraí an Dúidín, are a group of six limestone slabs (H 0.45m), set on edge. These appear to form a roughly rectangular structure on plan which is aligned NE-SW. Though classified as a megalithic tomb in the SMR (Gosling et al. 1987), the remains are insufficient to permit classification (info. J. Waddell). Not visited. (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).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.