Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
Inis Oírr, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Oírr
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06216, -9.51929
- SMR number
- GA120-017003-
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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
Within the interior of the cashel (GA120-017001-). There were formerly a number of 'cloghauns or beehive-shaped cells' in the cashel (Anon. 1887, 45). No visible surface traces survive. (Gosling 1993, 40, no. 179).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 19 January 2016
References
Anon. 1887 Antiquities of the Aran Islands, County of Galway. The Irish Builder, February 1887, 45.
Gosling, P. (compiler) 1993 Archaeological inventory of County Galway, vol. 1: West Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.